Initially I wanted to take her to a vet but I cannot find someone local to see my chickens or ducks. im going to have to do further research is this eye does not clear up. my biggest fear is that she lost her eye. every day i look for progress. like i said she is still eating and drinking and...
How do I know if the infection is deeper than the skin? Her one is pretty bad but I am seeing small improvements in both eyes after only 3 days using the ointment 2 times a day.
Well we are on day 2 of applying eye ointment. Lola hates it. I clean her eyes before putting it. She still cant open her one eye. I am applying first thing in morning and then right before bed so she is less distressed. Hopefully I will see some improvement in the next few days. Meanwhile she...
Thank you. She does have access to clean water. I change it daily and i am pulling from the pen to clean her eys additionally. I was able to buy some antibiotic ointment for her eyes today after trying a few places. i will try the diluted saline solution too. thank you.
I have a duck who lives with my chickens. She is very talkative and my rooster loves her a little too much. She has survived so much. She is the only duck left the orginal clan. She has seen her sisters die to due to racoons. However now I have a new batte. her eyes. This has been going on off...
Well we have been doing the aspirin and she seems to be a little happier. She is def. drinking more but I have not seen her eat yet. I have been cleaning the wound but I thnk only time will tell. Im so over the racoons!!
I have had my chickens for about a year now. I have had more than a few attacks on my poor girls too. This last attack did not claim any lives YET but I think that my plymouth rock is going to go. She was attacked by a racoon 5 days ago. The first 2 days after her attack she was still laying...
I have a duck. She lives with a rooster and a few chickens. She is very verbal and follows the rooster around a lot and seems to talk to the rooster every single time he crows and even bobs her head up and down as she is talking. the thing is she seems to have and eye infection in both of her...
Thank you so much for posting this! I am in the process of making one. the dimmer light is a great idea. so is the egg turner. thank you for the tips. you seem to have good turn outs.