I have seven hens, when I first got them, my one wyandotte had a rattle noise when she breathed sometimes but I didn't really think on it too much. It went away, I thought it was just stress from being relocated. Since then several months later she is rattling again and her eye looks swollen and bubbly. I thought maybe someone pecked her eye and it was just injured so I was giving her polysporin eye drops. But someone told me that the eye issue could be respiratory and then I realized that the rattle noise was probably the first symptom and I had overlooked it. I have heard the other hens sneeze occasionally, but its the wyandotte with the eye issues that Im most worried about. She may be losing weight but its hard to say with all the feathers... she's also limping on one leg on the same side her eye is affected. Which I thought maybe she was just clumsy and fell off the roost cuz she couldnt see from that eye but it maybe also be a symptom so I figured Id throw it out there. Ive contacted my vet to ask for antibiotics but he says to kill the hen and send it for testing. He also thinks its ILT and that he legally needs to report me for it? Im so confused. Please help
