Hen with eye injury

Date sort Score sort
Meaghan

Meaghan

Chirping
5 Years
Dec 3, 2014
152
7
63
Archer, FL
Hi all. Last week one of our hens turned up with an eye injury. She's acting totally normal, we gave a couple shots of duramycin, then put her on ciprofloxin eye drops. It's helped some with the swelling, but I think it's stalled out. Advice? She's not a pet, so we aren't going to do anything expensive to save her. But I'd like to avoid culling her if we can fix her eye. She still has a blink reflex and intact eye beneath all of the swelling.

Pictures are of the day we found her injury and today after 5 days of eye drops.

400


400
 
It depends on what bacteria is affecting the eye. A vet could do an eye culture or give you Cipro or enrofloxacin (Baytril) as long s she won't be used for eating. Respiratory diseases that affect the eye respond to oxytetracycline and Tylan, but if it is a peck wound or something stuck in her eye, she might need a stronger antibiotic. E.coli and other coliform bacteria can be common in infections, and tetracyclines or Tylan won't help. Clean the white pus out of her eye with QTips and saline. Some fellow recently had a hen with a huge swollen pus filled eye, that was due to a weed stuck under the 3rd eyelid.
 
She's already on Cipro. She's a laying hen, not for eating. She can't be feeling too bad as she's still laying 4 or 5 eggs a week, which is her normal. The white bit is hard, I tried getting it out but she won't sit still long enough.
 

Similar threads

B
    • Love
One eyed Agnus
Replies
5
Views
786
barbsfunstuff
B
H
Help with minor eye injury/sensitivity ? Sometimes forms bubbles around the eyes.
Replies
2
Views
786
Hensii
H
RiDaGeckoGuy
Eye injury
Replies
3
Views
590
Lacy Duckwing
Lacy Duckwing
bleu chick
    • Like
Hen with White Substance in Eye and Swollen
Replies
5
Views
1K
Eggcessive
Eggcessive
RiDaGeckoGuy
Is this fowl pox or eye injury
Replies
1
Views
673
Rose the Legbar
Rose the Legbar

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom