One of my chickens has really bad wounds on her back, she is holding on (it’s been like 4 hours since) but I doubt she has long if untreated.
I think she is in shock, she still walks and eats fine, she is just very slow. How can I treat this and stop an infection??
Update - Some stuff came up in the past few weeks, and I wasn’t able to treat her or take her to a vet, but somehow she has made a full recovery. The inflammation is gone, her eye is clear and she can see out of it just fine! I don’t have the slightest clue as to what happened but I’m happy she...
One thing that happened was that she got washed with soapy water, could that have done it? I have noticed for a while before her eye had any issues was that the area above the eye was loosing feathers for a while, is that any sign? I think I’ll take her to a vet, they should be able to do something.
She seems to be standing around often, and staying away from the flock (it’s not like she is weak or lethargic, I think she is afraid because she flinched at noises near her clouded eye which could mean she separates herself to not get pecked). She has an appetite, but doesn’t eat well because...
I continued using saline and used extra, no improvement (with terramycin after). She seems to be in a lot of discomfort, is there anything else I can do??
Her eye is cloudy, and seems to have some spots on it?? Her left face is inflamed and feathers appear to be falling out (maybe from...
I got Plymouth Rock chickens from the store and I’m sure they made a mistake. I’m convinced these chickens are ayam cemani, but I know there are more breeds fitting my chickens, and I’m curious to know what breed they are.
They are:
All black, meat, blood is darker, and comb/wattles is black...
This is the eye washed with water (ignore the feathers clumping, that’s from the neosporin and water.) the other eye is completely fine, there are no other symptoms and none of my flock is sick. She has an appetite, but has a difficult time finding food/competing with others. What should I do...
(FYI - Sad story)
About a month ago I made a post about a sick chicken I had, she sadly died :( and I was wondering why. Initially, she was sluggish, lagging behind, and closing her eyes. (She was prob 6 months old, and was low on the pecking order.)
I thought this was fine as it fit her...
It’s been a week, and I have kept treating her, yet it is persistent! I do a saline rinse, making sure to get it in the eye, I put like a drop size of terramycin inside the eye, and recently I have put Neosporin around the eye (where it’s inflammed), I see no changes, in fact it seems to be more...
This is the eye this morning before I administered medicine, it’s swollen, and she tries to keep it closed. Additionally, she seems to have less energy (but still an appetite) possibly due to pain or fear that others will bully her?
I have been administering terramycin every day multiple times a day to the chicken, and I have seen little improvement. Firstly, the cloudiness and “pushed back-ness” has gone away. However the area around the eye has become inflamed, and appears to be irritating her. She has no other symptoms...
This is the normal side
This is the hurt eye, she didn’t want to open it, and when open it was whiteish/foggy, she would open it occasionally but obviously didn’t like it…
(Apologies for the quality here) This is the injured eye, it’s inflamed, has some white on it. One thing to note, we...