blind chicken

  1. C

    Chicken bit by dog- lost an eye and maybe blind

    Hi I really don’t know what to do. I looked around online for resources and I just don’t know where to start. Yesterday a dog bit my chicken ( Pistol) by the head. Luckily I got him to let go and got her out before any more damage could be done. She’s alive and alert. She’s a couple years old (2...
  2. E

    Hen Twisting Her Head Strangely (Possibly Blind)

    Hello, All. I have a hen that has been acting kind of strangely for about a week. She twists her head like she can’t see out of one of her eyes. When something is waved on that side of her face she does not react like she does on her okay side. She still eats and drinks alright, but I’m...
  3. J

    Porcelain d Uccle Went blind!

    I have a Porcelain d Uccle hen that’s about a year old. I’m pretty sure that she’s never layed an egg in her life. We had a rooster problem a couple weeks ago (we got rid of the roosters) and she lost some back feathers, so we brought her and her companion inside to take care of them while they...
  4. S

    Old Rhode Island Red Health Problems

    Hello all, I have been a silent fan of Backyard Chickens for six years, when I first became a chicken owner. I had three chickens until a few days ago, a Rhode Island Red (Eleanor), a Barred Rock (Iggy), and a Polish (Simone). My girls were best friends and I genuinely believe that there was no...
  5. P

    Blind Chicken Help

    I recently rescued 6 egg layers from a large scale farm that were going to be destroyed due to egg demand shortages caused by the illness that shares a name with an alcoholic beverage. I don't know the breed, but I know they are roughly 2 years old and have floppy combs. One of them has a...
  6. 1chip2chicks3cheeks

    Providing vegetation and bugs for a blind rooster

    Hello everyone! I've been lurking around BYC for a bit now but just decided to join to ask my own question! We rescued a fighting rooster (Joe!) who was blind in one eye. He was the very beginning of our chicken adventure! We never planned on having chickens, but took him in because it was the...
  7. S

    PLEASE HELP INJURED EYES

    Someone recently gave us a rooster and a hen a couple days ago and we noticed the hen was just in the corner getting bullied & noticed neither of her eyes will open. Their previous owner said it was because he had 2 roosters and 1 hen and they injured her eyes. She was also a regular layer and...
  8. LCTB

    A Blind Chicken

    Hello! Looking for some advice and insight into caring for a blind chicken... We had a raccoon attack on our flock 4 weeks ago. It got into an unsecure outside pen. We normal close the outside door to the coup before its dark but on this day I went out there about 11pm to a horrific scene. Lost...
  9. webbysmeme

    What happened here⁉️⁉️

    :drool ⁉️ I checked for eggs yesterday, none. I go out this morning and found five. What could have happened? I only have three hens! Can a hen lay more than one in less than (17) hours? I'm very confused⁉️⁉️⁉️
  10. LCHack

    Possum Head Strike!

    I caught a possum last Saturday night with our beloved Butterball's head in his mouth. When he released her, she was still alive and does not have a broken neck. That being said, she surely lost one eye and the other was open just after the attack. We have been trying to keep her alive. Both...
  11. bpurdy303

    HELP MY BLIND HEN-RESPIRATORY??

    Ok, so I have a small assorted flock of 10 pet hens and 1 rooster. the suspect bird is a 3yr old white rock. I know she came from a questionable home. I got her when she was approx 1 yr old. Occasionally over the past two years (maybe two or three times a year) she gets "under the weather"...
  12. Soleil_A

    One eyed Bertha!!

    Hi guys! i just wanted to share my story about my RHW, blind in one eye chicken, Bertha. Bertha is one in three of my backyard chickens. she used to be at a old kinda gross barn where they never got any sunlight. i rescued her after building a tiny coop. i had her and my other ISA brown...
  13. happytailzfarm

    Is my hen going blind

    I have a hen that just this summer purchased Few weeks ago I noticed her on her perch puffed up eyes closed. I though oh oh she's sick but when let out she acted fine but I noticed her one eye looking strange so I caught her and out her in separate pen to watch her. Above her left eye is a...
  14. Alex R

    Blind Hen

    Hi guys! Couple weeks ago my hen got injured by something. A critter I believe to some sort. Anyway, I scooped her up, put her inside and started treating her injury right away. I used Vetricyn Spay and Neosporin after cleaning the wound with a very diluted solution of betadine and water. Well...
  15. A

    Possible blind chicken

    I have two rescued battery chickens habe had them 5 years or so ... one of them seems to be relying on the other and maybe cant see any more. They haven't been sick but I've built a deck near their enclosure and wonder if something had happened... she hasn't been injured either... she is half...
  16. Suzanne Aubin

    Blind Pullet

    Hi All, I new to chickens and a newer member to BYC. I bought 6 EE pullets from TSC in mid April. Their about 11 weeks old we believe one is blind or nearly blind. We live in the city. With a small yard. Currently we have 9 pullets. Has any one had a blind chicken?
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