pecked hen, advice please

[ozpoz]

My Bluebell hen has been badly pecked, and her eye was swollen and closed. i put some steroid eye drops in last night, and her eye is now open but cloudy at the back, although it looks much better.
But with only one eye, she isn't eating or drinking unless I help her atm.
Soaked readigrass in water seems to be the only thing, apart from a little chick crumbs.
I'm not sure the eye will recover right now, but feel I want to give her a little longer, to be sure.

 

[millsandboon]

She''l cope fine with one eye. She has to get over the shock though, which they don't always do. Keep here separate and quiet and warm. They may have pecked her because she has something wrong with her. Re-introduction will be tricky. Get some Ukadex spray to put on her.

 

[ozpoz]

I have a hen who has hatched one chick, and i think she is the culprit.
What is the spray for? i haven't come across it before.

 

[millsandboon]

She might be. The mother and chick should be separate as they should be eating chick crumb. Ukadex is a smelly anti-peck spray, the best one on the market.

 

[ozpoz]

Thanks for that I didn't know anti peck spray existed.
The hen with chick is a hopeless feral apart from in winter, and far too fierce for me to mess with!