Hen bullied, swollen eye, can’t walk

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I have a black australorp hen who is laying who recently stopped as she had trouble walking. (Different hen from previous posts) Basically, her wing couldn’t close in properly and as a result whenever walking she would trip over it. We assumed this was bullying from our ISA Browns who love to bully these australorps so we separated her but still left her in the coop. She ate and made noise and was overall energetic. however she was crazy attached to her friends. The first night we separated her she almost broke the door down. We ignored it as she had to stay there for her to get better. Come next day she didn’t eat a thing when she ate before. We decided we would leave her separated in the day but keep her with her friends in the night so she wouldn’t be as crazily stressed. Bad idea. Today we wake up and see her getting picked on from all 7 ISA Browns, and now she has a swollen eye. It is not bleeding, but it is swollen and she can’t open it. What do I do? I never dealt with a swollen eye. Is there anything I can feed her or put on her eye? (Her walking is better, though)
 
Can you post some photos?

General care is to flush the eye with saline, apply an eye ointment like Terramycin in the eye.

Keep her separated, see that she's drinking ok. Look her over for bugs.
It’s still red and a little swollen but it’s fully open now. Her wing looks almost completely healed. We separated her inside. But for some reason she won’t eat. All she wants Is to be with her friends Even though they bully her. Today we bought her outside but she still wasn’t eating. I don’t know how to get her to eat. She won’t eat her layer food anymore
 

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