Hen’s comb huge and floppy- impairing vision- acting odd

[SharkStixx]

My five year old White-cheeked black Spanish has a very large, floppy comb. When she was younger it got a scab on the side, and healed flopped over so it is permanently draped over her face. I have looked at dubbing but it seems to be only for much younger birds? She has a tendency to sit down and peck at the grass in front of her instead of scratching around like her flock mates. No bullying problems observed but she doesn’t seem to enforce the pecking order at all as well. She has her tail down most of the time, and often forgets to tuck her wings back in so they drop down. Sne looks a bit like a sad olive. Any comb solutions? Or behaviour-causing suggestions? None of the other girls do any of this so it makes me a bit concerned.

Photos are from two years ago, pre-permanent-flop. The second image is what her comb is like permanently now. The front bit impairs the vision on her other side.

 

[Lady Clucks-a-Lot]

I also have a leghorn hybrid that’s got a huge floppy wattle like yours. I left for a trip and after 5 days not seeing her, her wattle got so big! My girl seems to be doing fine though.

 

[Lady Clucks-a-Lot]

(Except that she clucks a lot more)

 

[nuthatched]

She can be dubbed if you have to, it's not for young birds.

 

[SharkStixx]

She can be dubbed if you have to, it's not for young birds.

I saw something somewhere that said that you had to dub roosters at a certain age, so that must have caused the confusion. I’m wary of dubbing her because I don’t want it to make her terrified of me- I only have a small backyard flock and already have one girl whose dislocated hip I had to pop back in and rehabilitate and she stays well away from people now.

 

[Lady Clucks-a-Lot]

Tbh, now I’m getting a little worried about my chicken. Her wattle doesn’t seem to bother her but I don’t know if it’ll get bigger. I really don’t want to dub her, and hopefully I won’t need to.

 

[SharkStixx]

Tbh, now I’m getting a little worried about my chicken. Her wattle doesn’t seem to bother her but I don’t know if it’ll get bigger. I really don’t want to dub her, and hopefully I won’t need to.

My girl only has had the vision issues since another hen pecked the side of her comb, and the scab healed it sideways. How big is your girl’s wattle?

 

[Lady Clucks-a-Lot]

About the same size, but just a little smaller. Your girl’s wattle looks a lot thicker than a regular wattle, though. Could that be a problem?

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

I'm not sure if a vision problem would be causing all of her problems (droopy tail and wings) and at 5 yrs old there are plenty of other things that could be going on with her, but I have read that a chicken's right eye is near-sighted for searching out food and the left eye is far-sighted. Is there a way you can tape her comb up out of her eyes temporarily to see if there is an improvement before deciding whether to dub or not?

 

[SharkStixx]

About the same size, but just a little smaller. Your girl’s wattle looks a lot thicker than a regular wattle, though. Could that be a problem?

It is quite thick, noticeable compared to her flockmates. I will search up about it.