Newbie chicken mama needs help w/ Lavender Orpington’s puffy face

[Supersimsfive]

Hello! I’m a newish chicken mamma. I have a flock of 12.

I noticed my lavender Orpington pullet (about 4 months old), Chickira, looked different yesterday. Her ears were swollen, and she had a swollen lump near her eye on one side. She was eating and drinking just fine, but I went ahead and started her on Tylan50, .5 cc injections. I gave her one yesterday and one today in her breast. And plan on doing another tomorrow. *this was based on the feed store clerk’s advice.

I haven’t seen any changes today, although her poop is very runny. (It wasn’t yesterday) I’m just second guessing myself right now.

Is there anything else I should be doing for her? I leave for an out-of-town conference on Monday, and I can’t stand the thought of my chicken sitter having to deal with this. He doesn’t know Chickira very well, and I just want her to feel better.

Pics attached to show her little swollen face.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Wild Claws]

Is she sneezing or show any symptoms of like a cold?

 

[Supersimsfive]

No sneezing, but she does sound a little hoarse.

 

[Wild Claws]

Do her eyes have bubbles in them?

 

[Wild Claws]

Fo her feet look swollen? We had a horrible disease in our whole flock called mycroplasma and the symptoms include swollen faces, difficulty breathing, swollen feet, and like sneezing alot. Our birds never got swollen feet but they did get the other symptoms. We had to cull our whole flock......

 

[Supersimsfive]

How sad! I’m so sorry you had to go through that.
Her eyes are clear and her feet seem normal.

 

[Wild Claws]

How sad! I’m so sorry you had to go through that.
Her eyes are clear and her feet seem normal.

Sorry I lost this thread and just barely found it. I don't know what it could be Maybe @Eggcessive can help

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I noticed my lavender Orpington pullet (about 4 months old), Chickira, looked different yesterday. Her ears were swollen, and she had a swollen lump near her eye on one side. She was eating and drinking just fine, but I went ahead and started her on Tylan50, .5 cc injections. I gave her one yesterday and one today in her breast. And plan on doing another tomorrow. *this was based on the feed store clerk’s advice.

How is she doing?

Does she have any lesions inside her beak or pus inside her ears?

Tylan50 dose for respiratory illness is 0.25ml per pound of weight given orally 3 times a day for 5 days. You may want adjust your dose.

 

[Eggcessive]

Good advice by Wyorp Rock. An insect sting can cause widespread swelling if there are no respiratory symptoms. However, since she sounds hoarse, and there could be bubbles in the eye in one picture, I would treat for possible MG respiratory disease.