So I'm new here (And very new to chickens, having adopted them only several months ago), I figured I would just push on with my most pressing question~
My amerucana/easter egger has been having some foamy discharge in one of her eyes. I've looked up possible causes for this, and my guess is that it could be related to a parasite that only this chicken appears to have? I'm not sure if that's possible, but none of the other chickens seems to have that symptom. I'm unsure what to do. For some reason feeding her some food with DE sprinkled over it seems to lessen the symptoms, but after doing this for a week straight it has returned. She's constantly scratching that eye, so being able to tell if it's swollen from the problem or from her scratching is impossible but it really doesn't look too swollen to me.
She also appears to have issues eating, she wiggles her head and appears to be gasping at times, but she eats a lot of food in bigger bites than she should, IDK if this could be crop related? She's a very moody chicken, her behavior is very different from the other chickens so it's hard to tell sometimes if she's upset in general or if this issue is causing any extra mood variation.... she has been having this problem for at least a few months and actually I think she's gaining weight which I figured I should mention.
Any help would be very appreciated, now that they are awake after I get home from work it will be easier to explore any avenues in a more timely manner.
Thanks so much in advance!
My amerucana/easter egger has been having some foamy discharge in one of her eyes. I've looked up possible causes for this, and my guess is that it could be related to a parasite that only this chicken appears to have? I'm not sure if that's possible, but none of the other chickens seems to have that symptom. I'm unsure what to do. For some reason feeding her some food with DE sprinkled over it seems to lessen the symptoms, but after doing this for a week straight it has returned. She's constantly scratching that eye, so being able to tell if it's swollen from the problem or from her scratching is impossible but it really doesn't look too swollen to me.
She also appears to have issues eating, she wiggles her head and appears to be gasping at times, but she eats a lot of food in bigger bites than she should, IDK if this could be crop related? She's a very moody chicken, her behavior is very different from the other chickens so it's hard to tell sometimes if she's upset in general or if this issue is causing any extra mood variation.... she has been having this problem for at least a few months and actually I think she's gaining weight which I figured I should mention.
Any help would be very appreciated, now that they are awake after I get home from work it will be easier to explore any avenues in a more timely manner.
Thanks so much in advance!