Little Hen 1972
Chirping
- Jun 6, 2022
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My daughter recently bought me 4 hens that had been abandoned in her neighborhood. They been fending for themselves for about 6 months now. My daughter was afraid they wouldn't make it through the winter and bought them to me. I had them quarantined for a month. Three of the four hens were sick and had issues. Those three have healed and my last hen, Her name is Earnestine has recovered from yeast infection and she had little plant spikes on her face that I pulled out and that healed too. But she has had an ongoing eye infection in one eye that I at one point managed to clear up. I had put her in with the flock and she got a yeast infection again, probably from stress from a new environment with many other chickens and the eye infection is back. She's back in quarantine again with hens that are molting and she's once again recovered from the yeast infection but I have no clue on how to treat the eye. I treated her for a month when I first got her on oral antibiotics and eye antibiotic (terramyacin). I washed her eye out with eye wash solution. Her water has electrolytes and I put in herbs to boost her immune system. I was looking into scaly mites but I don't think so. Her eye sometimes has bubbles and the liquid Tears? Do chicken's have tear ducts??? falls on her face and covers the eye area white. I have included a picture. Anybody have an idea??