I noticed that Sofie, my itty-bitty 6-month old BR hen was acting totally out of character, not at all her usual, spunky, escape-artist, faster-than-any-of-the-others self, and just stood around, all fluffed up, not eating. When I brought her inside to separate her from the flock and check on her, I found a huge tick over her right eye, and her face was all swollen and alien-looking. I carefully removed the tick, disinfected the wound, gave her some Ledum (homeopathic remedy for tick bites), and kept her inside over night. She seems to be okay, 24 hrs later, and so I let her return to her sisters, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had issues with ticks, and did their chickens get sick like that?