A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that my old English game bantam hen was sick. She had a cough, was fluffed out and mildly lethargic, and had swollen eyes. She also had one eye that was crusted over with puss. This was during a particularly cold week, so I brought her inside for treatment.
She seemed to recover a bit once she was inside, but still had the previously mentioned symptoms. However, she has been willingly eating and drinking on her own, although she does sleep a lot. Her cough sounds kind of mucusy, like she's got a cold or something. But since I don't know the exact cause if her illness, I'm unsure about how to treat it.
I removed what looked like hard, yellow crust from the top of her eye and applied neosporin ointment. It looks a lot better since I did, but it's still swollen and mildly crusted over. She tends to keep both eyes closed, but will occasionally open the eye that isn't crusted over. I'm not sure what to do for her eye, or what kind if antibiotics, if any, to give her for her respiratory infection. What can I do to help her?
She seemed to recover a bit once she was inside, but still had the previously mentioned symptoms. However, she has been willingly eating and drinking on her own, although she does sleep a lot. Her cough sounds kind of mucusy, like she's got a cold or something. But since I don't know the exact cause if her illness, I'm unsure about how to treat it.
I removed what looked like hard, yellow crust from the top of her eye and applied neosporin ointment. It looks a lot better since I did, but it's still swollen and mildly crusted over. She tends to keep both eyes closed, but will occasionally open the eye that isn't crusted over. I'm not sure what to do for her eye, or what kind if antibiotics, if any, to give her for her respiratory infection. What can I do to help her?