Cyan the chicken parent
Chirping
- Nov 24, 2021
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We have had a yellow comet chicken named Flan for almost year now, and a few days ago she all of the sudden couldn't get up onto the roosting pole. I noticed that night that she was walking around and complaining. When I analyzed her I noticed one of her pupils was smaller than the other, and it wasn't perfectly round. When analyzing her the following morning I noticed that there was a small ring of dark gray on the inside of the smaller pupil. We isolated her, and so far she has been eating and drinking well, and has solid, normal colored poops. I have been giving her crushed up vitamin b pills (never the whole pill per water serving), which she drinks with enthusiasm. I have had mites in the flock before she (and two other hens came along with her) came along. I have a rooster and hen that were the only survivors. I analyzed Flan and she doesn't have mites or bumblefoot. To give some background, flan came along with two other hens (Morango and Tiramisu) almost a year ago. We do not know their ages, or if the three are the same ages. I just know that they were fully grown when we got them from another owner, and I estimated them to be at a minimum a year old when we got them. Going by that logic, flan is at least two years old. She hasn't had any problems before, only the strange pupil and sudden inability to jump the regular height of the roosting pole. Other than that she walks fine. I wanted to know if I was overreacting or if this is mareks, because my sister insists that flan is fine. I dunno, maybe the pupil is a fluke? I only noticed it all of the sudden the day she couldn't roost. Please, if anybody has information please message me. I lost the siblings to the rooster that I mentioned before, and I had them since they were chicks so it was very hard. Flan is a favorite and we wouldn't want to lose her.