broody hen with injuries.

JRies

Crowing
5 Years
Jun 7, 2019
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Its a long story. But had 2 hens fighting over the same eggs same nest. This girl started the nest then another girl took over the nest then this one got it back. but not without a fight.

I have been spaying the eye with pink eye meds from a distance.
Well last night one of the goslings hatched and she was having problems taking care of it focused only on the eggs that had not hatched and wouldn't hatch since they had been abandoned so many times.

So I grabbed her and got close enough to see more going on. she has little boils on her beak and knob on one side. My thought were stress and a injured eye that caused it.
She is in a kennel in the house right now poop is normal acting heathy alert and of coarse hissing at me and full of hormones.
I sprayed the eye with pink eye med than coated it with Terramycin Then put triple antibiotic all over the little boils.
Her baby is with a different hen who is doing a good job with it.

Any experience or thoughts are welcome.
 

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