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    Chick’s eye is healing shut!

    Thanks for the info! I have tried to find a vet that is knowledgeable about chickens, but no luck yet. I may have to try this method to get her eye opened up before it’s too late! I’ve just had a hard time keeping her from scratching the eye. I made a little collar like dogs wear, but she...
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    Chick’s eye is healing shut!

    I’ve been using saline to clean it out daily, as well as the antibiotic drops. I actually watched a similar video to learn how to get the pus out. 😬 The little part within the eye that looks like pus is actually the other eyelid. I was trying for days to dig it out until I realized it was pink...
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    Chick’s eye is healing shut!

    I got all of the solid pus out. I dig around in there daily and finally realized it is part of the eye socket. She lost a lot of weight when she was sick and the feathers are gone making the eye socket seem like it’s sticking out further than usual. I’ve even kind of knocked on the part that’s...
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    Chick’s eye is healing shut!

    Sorry for the delay! I’m attaching a picture of the chick’s eye. I had a hard time keeping her from scratching all her feathers off around her eye, too.
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    Chick’s eye is healing shut!

    Hello all! I am a newbie chicken owner and one of my 6 week old chicks is having an eye problem. She got a horrible eye infection that I fought with for several weeks. Now that the eyes are doing better, I noticed that one of them seems to be healing up too well! The eye slit has gotten so...
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