I've got a 17 month old EE hen that I noticed appeared swollen around her eyes last night; this morning, she was the last one out of the coop (I had to call her), and one of her eyes was either swollen or stuck shut. She started to scratch at it, and it opened. She is in a heavy molt right now, so I'm HOPING that the area around the eyes that appears swollen could be due to new feathers coming in....her being itchy and maybe her scratching at them?
History: Most of the girls in this flock recently began to sneeze, one of them with a wet sounding sneeze. I'd previously had a respiratory issue in another pen that was resolved with a short course of Tylan for those affected (I treated them independently - only those with issues). Because of the recent issue in the other pen, I decided to treat all the birds in this pen with water soluble Tylan. Day 3 was yesterday; they are now on 1/2 dose for 2 days. When I saw that Carmen's eye are was swollen and one eye stuck shut this morning, I separated her, and might have made a mistake: I gave her water with Gallimycin in it, just in case this is Coryza. If this is a mistake, I will run home at lunch time and pull her water. I took these pictures this morning. I'm really, really hoping that this could be due to her molting so strongly. She's sneezing, although not a wet sounding sneeze and I didn't hear her sneezing after I separated her. She's got an appetite, and thought she looks horrid from molting, seems to be doing fine otherwise. Carmen's a beautiful girl when she's not molting!! She looks awful now! (edited to add that there is no offensive odor coming from her mouth or sinuses.)
History: Most of the girls in this flock recently began to sneeze, one of them with a wet sounding sneeze. I'd previously had a respiratory issue in another pen that was resolved with a short course of Tylan for those affected (I treated them independently - only those with issues). Because of the recent issue in the other pen, I decided to treat all the birds in this pen with water soluble Tylan. Day 3 was yesterday; they are now on 1/2 dose for 2 days. When I saw that Carmen's eye are was swollen and one eye stuck shut this morning, I separated her, and might have made a mistake: I gave her water with Gallimycin in it, just in case this is Coryza. If this is a mistake, I will run home at lunch time and pull her water. I took these pictures this morning. I'm really, really hoping that this could be due to her molting so strongly. She's sneezing, although not a wet sounding sneeze and I didn't hear her sneezing after I separated her. She's got an appetite, and thought she looks horrid from molting, seems to be doing fine otherwise. Carmen's a beautiful girl when she's not molting!! She looks awful now! (edited to add that there is no offensive odor coming from her mouth or sinuses.)
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