My chicken has a swollen shut eye as well :(

my chicken was holding her eye shut. i gently opened it to find her eye was clear, no discharge but under the inside lid was a white membrane. she can open her eye but prefers to keep it closed. she is eating fine and drinking. she is a buff orpington about 8 months old. it looked almost like it had come detached??? any home remedies? one vet said give her tetracycline in the water, another said bring her in. i posted something on hatchaholics but did not get any responses. i hope someone out there can help.
 
After reading many postings, I went ahead and gave two drops of my vertex to 3 of my chicks, the one with the eye shut I rubbed some olive oil so it won't stay shut, she opened it up and a kind of mucusy substance came out. Hopefully after the drops and TLC she'll be better; I separated them from the other chickens. I hope for the best.
 
I have a sweet little Wellsummer pullet with a sick eye. She's only been ill for a couple of days. I'll be watching this topic. have been keeping her eye rinsed out with saline and administering Genticin ophthamic drops...
 

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