[leon-dom]

Hi,good people of the poultry pages my name is Leon and my wife's name is domanie Dom for short we have ten girls and usually dont have to much trouble heres where the but kicks in,
One of our girls has a weepy eye and the eye is now starting to close she seems a bit down in the dumps and has segregated herself from the flock is there anything i should do or just let nature take its course any comments would be truly appreciated hope to speak to some of you soon 

[Beano]

Hi Leon and welcome.
I'm no expert and hopefully one will be along shortly but I have read on here that you can sooth her eye with cold tea. If she's a bit down in the dumps maybe some anti-biotic eye drops and general anti-biotic from the vet is called for.
Good luck.

[leon-dom]

Hi beano, thanks for replying and the advice hope to see you around the board

[bantam novice]

Hello and welcome 

Sorry to hear about your hen.  I am wondering if she could have a little bit of an infection.  Does she have a temperature?  You take this by feeling under the wing of one of your other girls then under hers to see if she feels warmer.
You may need to take her to the vet for antibiotics.

Good luck and keep us posted.

[hensjs]

Hi Leon - just read another person with similar problem and they suggested saline solution....you might want to scroll through other topics and find it. Is she looking listless and floppy? It might be more serious if so ...anti biotics or vet.   I had a hen which separated herself and went downhill rapidly (no eye problem though) and lost her feathers and I couldn't save her sadly.

Isolation might be key til she picks up and/or you know what is wrong (my brother has kept hens for over 20 years and advised this to me at the time).  They naturally remove themselves from the rest if they think there's something wrong it seems.

[leon-dom]

Hi, summer my hen is starting to make a recovery her eye is nearly back to normal it was a little swollen yesterday but back to normalish today she is defo feelin better she did not want to be on her own this morning and was a lot faster today looks like she beat it herself wat a clever girl

[bantam novice]

Good news 

[leon-dom]

Hi all,
summer my goldline who had the eye infection has made a full recovery and is now back to her mischiefis ways thanks again for advice and hope to speak to you all soon

[joyfull]

Hello, so pleased for you and her that she is ok now 

I have just merged your last post with the original topic so that anybody can see it all together 

[Beano]

It's good to hear she's better.