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I would definitely try saving her, as she appears alert from the photos. Keep her wounds clean, apply blu kote, separate her from her flockmates to ensure they can't peck at her wounds. I recommend a playpen tent for dogs lined with newspaper, they're pretty good at keeping flies away from...

Unfortunately this does look to be necrotic, as the skin has turned grey. There is one thing you can do if you have access to a vet who treats chickens, which is to have them stitch a sutre around the vent which may help to stop the vent from falling out. However, this isn't guaranteed to work...

It's soft. Peck wound does sound like a likely cause, she does tend to get bullied by the others and bears a few scabs from being pecked. Do you think I should apply an antiseptic and drain the site or just leave it? I don't want the infection to interfere with her eyesight, but I'm concerned...

My 3 year old hen Judy has a strange growth on the corner of her eye. It doesn't seem to be irritating her, and she's not acting sick or anything. The other eye doesn't have this growth. Does anyone know what this could be? It hasn't changed in size over the past few days. I haven't treated it...

Thanks everyone!

Forgive me if i'm being paranoid about nothing, but I coudn't find much info about this- most other examples of similar behavior were to do with chicks missing their food while attempting to eat, or already sick chicks, but my case is just kinda weird. One of my 4 week old faverolles chicks...

Chicken pet owner for about two-ish years- Currently have a silkie, welsummer, and two pekins (one frizzle, one smooth) and am raising faverolles chicks. I've been lurking for a little while, but finally decided to join so I can participate in asking/answering questions, talking about chickens, etc!