What is this??

Jaronimo

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This is our first real coop and I need help determining what this is and how to treat it. This is a very tiny chicken compared to the others but it is eating/drinking/behaving normal. Today it’s eyes were matted until It scratched them open. we have no area vets so thought I’d try here.
Is this even a chicken??
 

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Separate it from the others immediately. Is it acting like a normal chicken? Is it eating and drinking? Pics of the whole body are needed, but it looks like a chicken.
 
Lots of questions needs answers.

Where are you located? This has bearing on what disease this could be.

Is this a feral chicken? Or is it one of your flock? If it's a feral chicken, get rid of it immediately. If it has already come into contact with your flock (is that what you meant by "this is our first coop"?) your flock has been exposed to a serious respiratory virus.

If this is one of your flock and the others show no symptoms, I suggest culling or euthanizing this chicken now. That ear infection is so deep, and make no mistake, it is very painful, it probably can't be successfully treated. Your other chickens risk a similar fate if you keep this bird around.

Like I said, damage is extensive and the bird is in a lot of pain from this. Scatching the eyes and ears is a signal there's substantial pain and it would be a kindness to stop its suffering.
 
It looks like the poor thing is covered in scaly face mites, but there may be something else wrong. She has damaged her ear so bad that it is completely open with a hole. There could be a respiratory disease going on as well, with the face swelling and ear scab on the left ear. It might be best to think about culling if she is wild or feral.

Face mites can be treated with vaseline to smother the mites. Ivermectin pour on is another treatment, 0.1 ml per every 2 pounds of weight.
 

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