swollen wattle hen

[DonyaQuick]

If you don't see any discharge from the nose/eye and she's acting fine and eating well, a sting or bite from something mildly venomous comes to mind. Insect stings and snake bites can cause significant facial swelling in places like the earlobe and wattles. The site of the sting/bite often is very hard to make out, especially if it's something like a small wasp was the culprit (since it leaves no trace really except the inflamation). In my limited experience, insect stings on chicken faces take a few days to go down while something like a garter snake bite can take a lot longer. I had a hen get bitten on the earlobe by a garter last year and one side of her face was puffy for a long time, including the whole earlobe, part of the wattle, and around the eye. The site of the bite was only obvious immediately after it happened. I found that VetRx helped a little bit with the swelling.

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you see the black mark on the bottle of her left wattle? Swollen wattles can be caused by a peck wound, tick bite or sting, coryza, or fowl cholera. In freezing temperatures, frostbite also can cause it.

 

[WoDia]

I was thinking possibly a sting, scratch, or peck. If she’s acting normal (and you can’t find anything else), continue to monitor her close. Please check for other signs as well, like our members have mentioned. I hope she will be better soon.

 

[beautifulchick]

If you don't see any discharge from the nose/eye and she's acting fine and eating well, a sting or bite from something mildly venomous comes to mind. Insect stings and snake bites can cause significant facial swelling in places like the earlobe and wattles. The site of the sting/bite often is very hard to make out, especially if it's something like a small wasp was the culprit (since it leaves no trace really except the inflamation). In my limited experience, insect stings on chicken faces take a few days to go down while something like a garter snake bite can take a lot longer. I had a hen get bitten on the earlobe by a garter last year and one side of her face was puffy for a long time, including the whole earlobe, part of the wattle, and around the eye. The site of the bite was only obvious immediately after it happened. I found that VetRx helped a little bit with the swelling.

oh no, she can't preen like that, I've watched her trying but couldn't do it I hope it goes away quicker, I dont' have VetRx and I don't know if they sell it here, there is something called Mentisan is a mint oinment, its composition says menthol, essential oils, turpentine, camphor, lanolin, white petrolatum. Do you believe those ingredients can help or make it worse? it says RELIEVES COLD AND COUGH SYMPTOMS, FOR MUSCLE, RHEUMATIC AND HEADACHE PAIN, INSECT BITES, CHAPTED LIPS, BURNS AND MINOR WOUNDS, IT IS EMOLLIENT AND SOFTENS THE SKIN

 

[Eggcessive]

If a sting or tick bite is possible you could try giving a one time dose of human Benadryl 1/2 of a 25 mg tablet orally.

 

[DonyaQuick]

oh no, she can't preen like that, I've watched her trying but couldn't do it I hope it goes away quicker, I dont' have VetRx and I don't know if they sell it here, there is something called Mentisan is a mint oinment, its composition says menthol, essential oils, turpentine, camphor, lanolin, white petrolatum. Do you believe those ingredients can help or make it worse? it says RELIEVES COLD AND COUGH SYMPTOMS, FOR MUSCLE, RHEUMATIC AND HEADACHE PAIN, INSECT BITES, CHAPTED LIPS, BURNS AND MINOR WOUNDS, IT IS EMOLLIENT AND SOFTENS THE SKIN

I would avoid using anything with turpentine in it - that stuff is generally considered not safe for birds. The VetRx I used on my hen was by no means critical to her recovery - the effect was pretty small, so don't worry about not having that. Not preening isn't a huge problem either in the short term. The main things to watch for are that she keeps eating, drinking, and breathing well with no foam or mucous coming from the eye/nose. Discharge from the eye/nose can mean the swelling is due to infection (whether caused by disease or sinus obstruction) rather than physical trauma to the face.

 

[beautifulchick]

Do you see the black mark on the bottle of her left wattle? Swollen wattles can be caused by a peck wound, tick bite or sting, coryza, or fowl cholera. In freezing temperatures, frostbite also can cause it.

yes, It dissapeared when I touched it, maybe it was dirt, it's hot here, spring is coming

 

[beautifulchick]

I was thinking possibly a sting, scratch, or peck. If she’s acting normal (and you can’t find anything else), continue to monitor her close. Please check for other signs as well, like our members have mentioned. I hope she will be better soon.

Thank you! I've noticed she has fever. Her legs are hotter than the rooster

 

[beautifulchick]

after many time trying to look inside her beak I notice her trachea(?) looks swollen(?) and her voice is not loud like always, according to me there are no signs of canker, their legs are hotter than rooster so she might have fever. She was exhausted because she resisted so I offered her water but didn't drink it, I gave her tomato and she ate it.

 

[beautifulchick]

I would avoid using anything with turpentine in it - that stuff is generally considered not safe for birds. The VetRx I used on my hen was by no means critical to her recovery - the effect was pretty small, so don't worry about not having that. Not preening isn't a huge problem either in the short term. The main things to watch for are that she keeps eating, drinking, and breathing well with no foam or mucous coming from the eye/nose. Discharge from the eye/nose can mean the swelling is due to infection (whether caused by disease or sinus obstruction) rather than physical trauma to the face.

Right now she proved that she can eat, however she didn't want to drink water, there is no discharge, her eye and nose looks clean to me, however I think she has fever and her crop is being affected, could an impacted crop cause this symptoms?