chickenflock01
Chirping
- Aug 17, 2016
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Good morning, and thank you in advance.
We recently purchased a home and the previous owners had left their chickens for us. Yesterday we took ownership and it was too our sadness that one of the hens has a swollen head and eye on her left side. Her right side eye will open occasionally but looks a tiny bit swollen. One of the other hens seems to be 'taking care of her' and will not leave her side. Last night the hen did not seem to want to go into the nesting boxes with the other hens and remained on the ground with the other hen who was watching her.
We are arranging for a vet immediately but i want to ask this question if anyone can help us. We are not raising these hens to be pets and are very worried about her as we want them all to be ok. Here are some pictures.
Please help!!
We recently purchased a home and the previous owners had left their chickens for us. Yesterday we took ownership and it was too our sadness that one of the hens has a swollen head and eye on her left side. Her right side eye will open occasionally but looks a tiny bit swollen. One of the other hens seems to be 'taking care of her' and will not leave her side. Last night the hen did not seem to want to go into the nesting boxes with the other hens and remained on the ground with the other hen who was watching her.
We are arranging for a vet immediately but i want to ask this question if anyone can help us. We are not raising these hens to be pets and are very worried about her as we want them all to be ok. Here are some pictures.
Please help!!