chicken with blue waddles

[snoopysflock]

A couple days ago I noticed that one of my girls had a blueish waddle. I thought I would check in on her in a couple days. Now the whole side of her face is blueish and her eyelid is swollen. She seems to be a little lethargic but she is not in distress and her body does not seem to be shutting down. The rest of the flock seems to be fine but I am concerned about it spreading to my other girls i can isolate her if I need to but I hate to do that because they are flock animals. I will send pics soon.

 

[snoopysflock]

 

[Eggcessive]

I would look her over for signs of a tick. You might try giving her a half of a dose of children's Benadryl, just in case of a tick bite, which apparently can cause swelling and bruising. Other things that could cause discoloration of the wattles would be fowl cholera or frostbite. A clearer picture would help.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Does your chicken have enough clean drinking water? Did you changed your feed lately? Maybe you gave them new grains? Maybe immature oats or wheat? Does she have a smell from here crop? Or bad smell diarrhea? If she have one of this symptoms it could be Bluecomb syndrome, a possible treatment is to use Cooper Sulfate 1 gram per liter drinking water for 3 days.

 

[snoopysflock]

They have plenty of water but I buy my feed from a feed store that changes their feed mix in the bag. It is always fresh because they eat it so fast. I will isolate her and see if those treatments work for her. If not I will contact a vet.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are a couple of threads to read about tick bites causing swollen blue wattles. Apparently ticks can release an anticoagulant that can cause bleeding and bruising into the area bitten.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/950184/bulge-below-earlobe
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/939516/hen-with-swollen-wattles-and-neck
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/914012/hen-with-swollen-wattles-need-help-with-diagnosis

 

[snoopysflock]

I went over her I think she has blue comb I am going to start her on a round of antibiodics and give her Benadryl also I will put copper sulfate in her water. If none of that works I'll call a vet out.

 

[snoopysflock]

I gave her a chicken dose of bendryl and she seems to be better. I think she got stung by a bee or wasp. I will keep yall posted thx.