This is my darling girl, Ambrosia. She's an Easter egger, about a year and two months old, and was blinded when our flock was attacked last Tuesday. We had seven left over from an attack left July, where the predator only got one, but this time it got three. It has tried digging into our coop...
My chicken is blind all of a sudden. Well, she had a chronic weird cold, but is this cold related? What can i do? She cannot see at all. Constantly bumping into things. What can I do?
Our 6 month old hen has been acting strange the past few months; walking into fences, walking into other chickens and avoiding the flock completely. We had a feeling she was blind or something wrong neurologically. On closer inspection we’ve found her eyes are indeed cloudy which is...
Somehow that seems like a silly title, but my old girl (who isn't old) has not been right since about September last year when she did a major moult and stopped laying, and is yet to start again. This isn't really a big worry, but she is slow to join the girls for breakfast, and is very unsteady...
Hey everyone! In this article, we’ll learn the basics of caring for a blindchicken such as general wellbeing, housing, and feeding. We will focus on cases where it’s already been determined that your chicken is permanently blind. We will NOT discuss treatment of the condition that caused the...
Hi! Pictures will come soon, or tomorrow, i really don't know. To explain it immediately I can't see anything wrong with her but I should probably start with the situation. She's always been blind in one eye, I have no idea why it kind of just happened and she's been like that for probably her...
Hello, brand new member here. Actually so excited to find this forum for other birds.
My husband rescued a blindchicken from a relative's house. Likely due to ammonia it appears.
She is sweet, however, the other birds are picking on her of course, so we have to keep her separated.
I am not sure...
I may have inherited a partially blindchicken.
She practically puts her face on the ground to hunt for food. She stays close to her “sister”
The breeder offered a replacement but she’s so sweet I rather just love her.
Anyways, what are some “special needs” chicken things I need to take care of?
Backstory: 2 chickens went mostly blind 4 months ago around the same time. Cloudy eyes but pupils stayed perfectly round and no other symptoms since. Just mostly blind and living their best life. Last week, in a pen across my yard, I found another chicken with cloudy eyes and mostly blind...
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I have a chicken who appears to be blind, about 8 weeks old. Symptoms developed about 10 days ago. Other than a pale comb I don't see any other symptoms. The other 3 chickens she is currently with don't have any signs of illness. I have given "her" electrolytes and scrambled and or...
Not sure if one of the 2yr or 6 yr. Light Brahma hen. All birds (37) vax for mareks . I cannot find any sign of disease or condition. Vent is clear. Recently treated w elector a goat wormer (entire floc). I’ve been given lactated ringer’s but I’m out. Gave 2ml nutra drench no marked improvement...
Hello all, I have had my chicken Nancy for 4 years. She came to me, as a pet, from a family who had to move, guessing she was 5 then, so close to 9 by now. She has been a wonderful gardening companion for years. In the past four months, it appears she is having trouble seeing. She used to help...
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My 4.5 year old Maran has had an ongoing eye issue. It started with a slight change in shape of her eyeball and her iris got bigger. She is clearly blind in that eye. She also has waterbelly and we drain as needed.
Vet said it’s probably a tumor or cancer pressing on her eye.
A few days...
Please help me to determine what is wrong with my poor Poppy girl, she has always been slower and shy but today she hopped up for a snuggle. I noticed her eye is gray and has white on the inside. Could this be mareks or possibly just blindness from something? I attached photos of both eyes for...
I have a chicken that has hatched. It has no eyes. How do I teach it to eat or would putting it under a broody hen so she can raise it be a better choice?
My blind hen is getting SEVERELY bullied to the point of broken skin and missing a LOT of feathers. We can’t give her a good enough home here, and if anyone is in or near our location who takes in injured or disabled hens, we need to rehome her FAST before she gets so badly hurt that there might...
Hi there, I am writing on behalf of my 8 month old (amercuna?) rescue chicken. I took her in 2 days ago as what I thought was just a blindchicken, but now I am starting to think there is more going on with her. Today she slept most of the day (separated from the flock in a dog crate) and barely...
...the friendliest of the 3 and definitely my favorite of the bunch. She can be fed by hand easily enough, however, I haven't been able to get her to drink which is my main concern.
Has anyone raised a blindchicken? Or am I just increasing her suffering by keeping her alive? Thanks for any advice
We noticed our chicken had a swollen eye she was keeping shut almost a week ago. She has been on a topical antibiotic from the feed store ever since, and the swelling has come down and she seems to be in less discomfort from it.
I am wondering if anyone has experienced this before and has some...