Help me fix my 2 chickens!!

[jslater14]

Please help me diagnose and fix 2 of my girls

The first 2 pictures are of my Oliver Egger’s tail-end. At first I thought she was just molting and her feathers would grow back. But they haven’t. She’s laying, eating and drinking fine, and acting normal, but is there anything I need to do to treat it?

The last 2 pictures are of my Black Copper Maran. She lost her eye over the winter but just recently I noticed the bare spots around her eye and head. I’m not sure if she’s getting picked on, scratching the area, or a combination of both. She’s also laying and eating/drinking/acting fine. Anything I can do to help her?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like feather picking by other chickens. Was the chicken with the missing eye pecked in the eye, or did she have a respiratory disease and swollen eyelid? It looks like there is some nasal and eye drainage or pus. I would recommend flushing the eye with saline and clean her nostrils with Qtips and saline or water. Then apply some antibiotic (Terramycin, Plain Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic) ointment or .vetericyn eye gel to her eye twice a day.

Is there any overcrowding inside their coop and run? Do they get out to roam around in the yard? What are you feeding?

 

[jslater14]

It looks like feather picking by other chickens. Was the chicken with the missing eye pecked in the eye, or did she have a respiratory disease and swollen eyelid? It looks like there is some nasal and eye drainage or pus. I would recommend flushing the eye with saline and clean her nostrils with Qtips and saline or water. Then apply some antibiotic (Terramycin, Plain Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic) ointment or .vetericyn eye gel to her eye twice a day.

Is there any overcrowding inside their coop and run? Do they get out to roam around in the yard? What are you feeding?

She was sick over the winter and developed that hard pus in her eye. I tried to get it out but when I did, it looked like it pulled the cornea out She seemed to be sneezing a bit so that would make sense if she has some drainage. She did just get over vent gleet which we treated with Monistat.

To be honest, I’m 39 weeks pregnant and due on Sunday and haven’t been able to tend to them as I normally would not pregnant (or at least this far in pregnancy). Obviously they still have their basic necessities but my husband is the primary caretaker and he gives the bare minimum lol.

I don’t think there is overcrowding. There are 8 of them and the run area is prettt big. I think it may be more boredom. I let them out every day, but what is usually 1-2 hours is 20-30 minutes.

I feed them Nature’s Best Organic Egg Layer Pellets and I alternate between ACV and Hen Helper (Electrolytes and Probiotics) in their water

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Chicken keeping when you’re pregnant is much so I know where you’re coming from. You might need a higher protein feed but you also need plain, fresh water at all times. If you want to do the vitamins or vinegar have your husband put out plain water as well. Or just the plain water-he will like that cause it’s less work lol. Chicken feed has vitamins so I only use vitamins or electrolytes if I am dealing with a sick hen in isolation or sometimes in summer I will do an extra waterer with chicken gatorade. I don’t know if this will help with pecking but if it helps with stress that will help with pecking