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post #1 of 11
6/29/12 at 10:18am
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Found this in the eye of a sick chick I have. She is lathargic and her eye is shut closeda6934816-e371-a002.jpga6934816-e37f-566a.jpga6934816-e38f-dfab.jpghere is a zoomed in pica693481f-fd22-30b7.jpg
Edited by ellpel - 6/29/12 at 12:07pm
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post #2 of 11
6/29/12 at 10:30am

Picture isn't good enough to ID what it is. From what I can see it looks like part of a claw to me. Is it hard or soft. Do you have something to place it beside so we can get a better idea of how big it is?

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post #3 of 11
6/29/12 at 10:31am
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No, I don't sorry. It looked like some kind of parasite, brown in color. The white part is just gunk from her eye.
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post #4 of 11
6/29/12 at 11:24am

Was she sick before her eye got gunky, or was that the first symptom? She could be lethargic from the pain of an eye injury.

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post #5 of 11
6/29/12 at 11:25am

It almost looks like a maggot of some kind to me.  Maybe a parasite layed an egg in her eye...it does happen.

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post #6 of 11
6/29/12 at 11:33am

My thought was that it might be a botfly (I think the correct term is warble fly, but we always just called them botflies). I've pulled them out of cats and dogs before, but never their eyes. I just can't tell though. Botfly larvae are good sized though, so that's probably not it. (WARNING: Don't google botfly while eating) 

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post #7 of 11
6/29/12 at 11:44am
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She was lethargic first and then I noticed her eye was milky from their her eye got worse. Have been giving meds to her.
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post #8 of 11
6/29/12 at 3:14pm
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Was thinking she had mareks until I pulled this out
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post #9 of 11
6/29/12 at 7:52pm

How old is the chick?  Marek's doesn't normally present like that.

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post #10 of 11
6/29/12 at 8:23pm
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They are almost two months old. Maybe it's just fowl pox. The eye continues to create white gunk and stay closed. Have been putting a gel on it.
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