Thank you so much for your advice. We were able to get the outer crust completely off and I got most of the pus out. I was afraid to pull too much on what was left as it still felt very attached, but we will repeat tomorrow.
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Thank you. I think I have been too gentle because I'm afraid to hurt her. I will have my wife wrap her in a towel instead of just holding her and try Q-tips to see if we can be more thorough flushing with saline as well.
I have been able to get some out, but it does not seem like it's nearly as much as what is in there.
My spare room is turning into a chicken hospital. I moved a salmon faverolle pullet inside this morning, her eyes are a little swollen and she is breathing heavily with her mouth open. She...
🤦♀️ My brain is not working.
She is okay. Still eating and drinking, not showing any other symptoms. Her eye is still very swollen and she fights having it cleaned, is better behaved for the terramycin ointment and tylan.
It is kind of smelly but I can't put my finger on what to compare it to. I can rinse and clean around her eye, but unable to open in to see if there are any debris. I'm leaning towards an injury from pecking though
We have her isolated from the flock inside so she is safe from the heat and other hens. She has shown no other symptoms - no eye bubbles, sneezing, wheezing, etc. Still eating a little and drinking, temp is high at 108.1. None of our other hens are showing any symptoms. I have applied...