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The film over the top of her left eye is interesting, but both eyes definitely appear abnormal. The right eye appears fixed and dilated, probably due to a head injury. Please let us know how she gets along, and I hope that she does recover.

Sometimes the ocular form of Mareks can begin to affect the iris, changing color, fading, and the pupil can become irregular or tiny. The difference in the eyes has me stumped. I think it could be a possibility. Only testing would rule it out. For now I would just keep an eye on her and look for...

In a few of the pictures of her left eye, the outline of the pupil looks fuzzy and the color is faded around the rim. The dilated pupil is unusual because there doesn’t seem to be any cloudiness as a cataract would have. That could be due to a head injury or nerve damage, but I am only guessing.

Could you post any pictures of her and her eyes? How does her crop feel? If it puffy and full? Does her airway sound rattly when she breathes? That may be what you are hearing. The lungs in chickens are a little different than humans. How is she doing on eating and drinking? Hydrogen peroxide on...

It sounds like she may have been attacked. Blood with from the beak and nostrils can sometimes be a sign of a respiratory diseases called ILT, a virus. But the symptoms with the scratched eye and missing waddle, the blood could be from an injury or attack. Do you think the other hens could have...