Chicken eye pecked out. What do I do?

[MarkJr]

It’s not respiratory. We have a rooster that keeps killing chickens. He pecks the eyes out and then tramples them.

Have?? Or Had?

 

[Eggcessive]

Good job on cleaning the eye and getting out the plug. I would separate the rooster and rehome him. I never tolerate a rooster or a hen who hurts the other chickens or people. I have had too many nice roosters who treat their hens well, and are not aggressive.

 

[Chicalina]

you need to get rid of that rooster asap

 

[RobertaD1]

Cull that rooster! He will kill all your birds!

 

[Mama Farley]

We put the rooster with the guinea fowl after he did that to 3 hens. Those guineas have shaped him up! He’s nice now. He’s a free ranger. We don’t let him in the coops or runs.

 

[Mama Farley]

I wanted to update. I didn’t get all the pus out so it wound up even worse. She seemed awful today. Was thinking about culling. I cried. I told my husband to take her out to tell her friends goodbye before he did it. Then I decided I would try to flush instead of rinse the eye. So I did. With about 10 oz of saline, a giant syringe; I started pushing and pulling gently with tweezers and qtips. Finally got the mass of pus out. I originally thought it was swelling and didn’t realize it was pus. But the eye is normal size now. No swelling at all. She still has her eye! In the middle of the pus was a black thing. Looks like a stick or something got in her eye. I’ve given her some frozen corn, a spa bath, a clean cage and vitamin B12. She’s eating and drinking happily. I will watch her closely. Not sure if I should continue to flush and put neosporin on it 2x per day but I guess I’ll figure it out. I am actually really proud that it worked out this way. I didn’t think I had the stomach or that I could take care of something like that. But God really is good!!! Just in the nick of time; He directed me.

 

[aart]

Then I decided I would try to flush instead of rinse the eye. So I did. With about 10 oz of saline, a giant syringe; I started pushing and pulling gently with tweezers and qtips. Finally got the mass of pus out. I originally thought it was swelling and didn’t realize it was pus. But the eye is normal size now. No swelling at all. She still has her eye! In the middle of the pus was a black thing. Looks like a stick or something got in her eye.

Awesome....Congrats!
How big was the piece of 'stick'...pics?
If that was the cause, she should start improving quickly.

 

[Eggcessive]

Great job on getting out that pus plug. I would clean and apply the ointment twice a day. She probably will feel so much better.

 

[azygous]

YOU ARE AWESOME! You're brave and you persevered. Sometimes we need to realize there's nothing left to lose by being as aggressive as we need to be when trying to save a chicken's life.

 

[That_australian_lad]

good work