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  1. EggWalrus

    8 month cockerel lost an eye in a fight?

    Personally, I would put him in a dog crate/carrier within the chicken pen, that way they cant peck at his injuries but they don't forget him, so he doesn't have to go back thru integrations. You've done a wonderful job of pulling him through so far, now you just gotta let go, and let him do...
  2. EggWalrus

    8 month cockerel lost an eye in a fight?

    I wasn't calling you out and I know you are quite capable. Sometimes it's just easier to hit the reply button than to scroll to the bottom comment field. Sorry if you took offense. :oops:
  3. EggWalrus

    8 month cockerel lost an eye in a fight?

    Something else, you don't have to open his eye to know the eyeball is still there. If it's there, you should start to see the eyeball moving behind the eyelids. Just like you can see eyeballs of people moving during REM sleep.
  4. EggWalrus

    8 month cockerel lost an eye in a fight?

    I would leave the poor bird alone now. He's eating, walking, pooping and is healing. I wouldn't try to get any white stuff out of his eye, whether it's an inner eyelid or just a buildup of white blood cells fighting off infection, that white stuff is probably there for a purpose. Birds are...
  5. EggWalrus

    8 month cockerel lost an eye in a fight?

    When the eyeball usually gets popped/punctured, it then dries up in the socket. I've never seen a chicken with the eyeball hanging out (like in horror movies). I got no idea about what happens to the eyelids themselves.
  6. EggWalrus

    8 month cockerel lost an eye in a fight?

    In the UK you should be able to buy Brulidine OTC from a chemist. It's the closed thing to Neosporin in the UK that you can buy without a prescription as far as I can tell. I wouldn't bother with putting anything on him other than to just clean him up some. The swelling will go down in about a...
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