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Thought I would update on the hen. She is fine
. About three days into things we had a second one of her group present with one eye swollen shut, so off to isolation she went. No eye bubbles, just swelling below the eye. Same quick resolution, the next day she was back to normal as well. The two hens stayed in quarantine for the week and went back out to the big-girl flock 2 days ago and all is well.
Being new, I really don't know what was going on and I don't even know if what I did helped, but I want to offer two words of advice to newbies with sick chickens: Don't Panic. Isolate your birds, read, ask questions and treat them the best you can. I spent days worried they had the worst possible thing, were going to die, and I would have to kill all my hens and sterilize the property. What I ended up with was 2 (out of 9) mildly affected birds that were back to normal almost overnight. So there is hope, Don't Panic.

Being new, I really don't know what was going on and I don't even know if what I did helped, but I want to offer two words of advice to newbies with sick chickens: Don't Panic. Isolate your birds, read, ask questions and treat them the best you can. I spent days worried they had the worst possible thing, were going to die, and I would have to kill all my hens and sterilize the property. What I ended up with was 2 (out of 9) mildly affected birds that were back to normal almost overnight. So there is hope, Don't Panic.