Eggshell Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Hi, hoping for advice. I had a chicken who is 10+ years old. Today the red skin on one side of her face is puffy, which means that her eye is half-closed. I don’t think the problem is the eye itself - no pus/discharge. Her eyesight is already poor, though, and with this she’s finding it hard to spot and distance things accurately. From the other side she looks completely normal, she’s moving normally and once she’d worked it out she tucked steadily into some grain that I gave her. Difficult to gauge how unwell she is, as at her age she spends a lot of time sitting around dozing anyway (though she can still run for treats); there’s no visible distress. I don’t want to put her through a lot of interference, as of all my chickens she’s the one who most dislikes being handled, but don’t know what’s best for her right now. Thanks in advance for any thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggshell Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Sorry, that should be ‘I have a chicken…’. She’s still here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 It is possible she has been stung, so I'd say do nothing at the moment and see how she is tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggshell Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 I’ll do that; I had seen from other posts that this is a possibility. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
