This is what I saw on Reddit for a post about a swollen chicken eye:
“You can actually use polysporin, neosporin, erythromycin or bacitracin antibiotic ointment to the affected eye 3 times a day. This can be over-the-counter ointment. It will say not for use in eyes. You can use it anyway...
She has a lot of puss looking milky white eye discharge I wiped it out and tried to squirt saline in the eye after. But her eye was closed so I don’t know what got it. No other discharge. I will try to look in the eye for objects.
My hens eye is all of a sudden swollen. Not fully shut yet.
I read other places it’s a type of infection and to gently clean it. What do you guys think?
We’re Quarantining her.
Hi I just got this old English game bird they said it’s 99% sure it’s a rooster which is fine with me but does this look like a roo for sure? The tail feathers also stand straighter up I think than the others if that’s a male trait 2 months old also can you tell the breed of oeg it is?
I have silkies, polish, leghorn and reds, I’ve always had a silkie rooster.
If I get a Brahma or any other larger rooster will it be dangerous for my silkies?
I’ve never had this issue before I think it’s bumble foot? It’s not very red but the top “balls” are super hard abs the bottom pad is squishy I’m going to scrub her feet to clean the poop off but then should I soak? In epsom salt or ?
thank you.
I bought this because someone in this site recommended pyrethrin dust on hens and it’s the same active ingredients as the ones “for poultry” but it says for home and garden but not for pets.
I am determined to beat it! I am getting the poultry dust as well as the permithryn. They have a dust bath in the coop now too will have sand and wood ash, I’m just collecting it from woodstove right now.
Me too! I hate these damn bugs. When I check them I don’t see any on them because I think they pick them off and dust bath, but I had 2 hens die this year and both were crawling with the lice or mites so I know there is an infestation. They were old and I don’t think they were able to pick them...
I’ve never been able to find anywhere that will ship here up until now, last night I found a US company that will, it’s the 10% gallon jug you dilute it was 130$ cad to order it here but it should make like 20x more stuff than the can I was buying for 45$ cad hopefully!