I know she and the cockerel got into it pretty good a few days ago. (He has since moved on to a larger flock.) He would try to mate with her or one of the other girls and the rest of the flock would come running to shove him off of whoever was the “lucky lady of the moment.” Butterfly and...
I’m wondering if the swelling is from the other girls pulling out her pin feathers around her face and neck?
She’s still pooping normally, eating and drinking normally, and is her normal, vocal, bossy little self... Here are some pics from today. I think I see divets where a feather used to...
One of my eight girls has a dark red face and a swollen eye. She doesn’t have any nasal discharge, no sneezing, no lethargy, and she laid an egg today. She’s her normal spunky self, except for the swelling and red face. She’s eating and drinking normally and went out in the yard with the rest...