Kathyinmo: Nope no blockage or drainage at all. I am going to check on her again in the morning and see how she looks. She was still the same this evening when I put them in the hen house. I am really hoping that it is a bug bite....
I have treated the same thing in the past with another chicken of mine and am now going through it again. Once you have established that it is not a parasite, trauma or any other issue as with moldy feed or poisoning, you may want to look at a vitamin/calcium deficiency. This is what my issue...
1) What type of bird , age and weight. White Rock, almost 1 year, 4 lbs.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Normal
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? She has been pale for a while. I figured that it was normal.
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of...
Last month I had the very same thing happen to me. I secluded the hen and fed her regular food with calcium added. It took about two weeks, but you would never know it by looking at her now. Hope that can be of some help.