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Here is one discussion of dubbing for you: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/139173/dubbing ...and another: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/587030/need-help-asap-how-to-dub-waddles-comb-for-the-winter Generally, I am against dubbing a comb for any reason, unless it has severe frostbite...

I have never dubbed a comb so cannot say. I think before they do it, they give the rooster Vitamin K for a period of time to help with bleeding, but it's not my area of expertise.

Leghorns often have huge, floppy combs that get worse with age, or that's what I've noticed. I am out of ideas on what is wrong or how you can proceed with him. If antibiotics won't fix the issue, work on cleaning out his nares, but very carefully. After that, I just don't know what else to...

I'm saying, not that his comb hangs over his nose, but that if the nares are full of nasty, crusted stuff where air cannot flow well, it will "back up" into his eyes and cause bubbles and possibly a sinusitis infection. But, sinusitis in this case is bacterial and an antibiotic should have...

Honey, have you looked to see if his nares (nostrils) are caked up with gunk and blocked off? That would make his eyes bubble because the sinuses and the eyes and throat are all related/intertwined. I have a hen with nares that have cysts in them (she's really old) and the rest of the opening is...

I have no idea what's wrong with his neck. You said he injured it quite awhile back. Does not sound to me like Newcastle. I have no idea if it's going to work because I don't know what's causing his eye issue. If it's bacterial and related to ONLY the eye, not some systemic respiratory...

No idea what that is, have never heard of that combination. BUT, you must understand something-antibiotics will NOT affect ANY virus. Newcastle is a VIRUS and it's almost always fatal. I don't think your rooster had Newcastle because he would not be with you now if that's what was wrong, in my...

I've never heard of that antibiotic "cocktail" around here. See, you have different stuff where you are. And, again, I don't know what you're treating, not with any certainty. If he has not been exposed to other birds (he's your only chicken, right? You have no other birds of any kind?), then...

Vaccinated for what? There are many vaccinations, none of which have any bearing on this antibiotic. My birds have never been vaccinated for anything, ever. No, you never mentioned that. You said something about an injury, though, earlier, if I recall. Is that what you mean, the way he holds...

Yes, she sure does. She's very healthy and still does everything she's always done. Yes, but that is really just a rinse that may be soothing. This is one thing I'd get if at all possible-it's an antibiotic eye ointment. It's a very small tube, here costing about $20. This is good advice...

I have no idea what that is. And I'm not sure what curine is, either, unless it's like Visine. I don't know what rosewater drops would do. You must be careful using any remedies on a chicken because things that are okay for other animals are sometimes fatal to birds, like the pain killer...

Thank you for the compliment on Dusty. She has been here since she hatched from the egg, shipped from the other side of the U.S. Yes, I can read that. It sounds like it's fine to use on him, though it's really not for eye infections, according to what I'm reading. Based on this part below...

Most of the time, those types of antibiotics are not meant to be used for more than a week or so. Like I said, I don't think we use streptomycin on chickens here in the U.S. though I could be wrong. I've used lincomycin, which I guess is similar, though. If you think he needs more, don't give it...

Did you clean out his eyes? If his comb flops over an eye, it will foam up and get bacteria in it. I have one older hen who tore the back of her comb a few years ago and it has flopped over one eye ever since, inputting bacteria constantly and irritating it. I've done antibiotics, both...

I've never seen anyone give that to a chicken, but it must be related to lincomycin, I'd guess. I just really don't know the dosage on that. The lincomycin dosage given to me by the person who sent me the antibiotic was 1/10 cc, but I can't say for sure on your med you have there. @casportpony...

Agreed on this advice, too. Saline is also good, moist compress and the either eye ointment mentioned by me or Wyorp Rock. He's a lucky rooster to have such a loving owner. I hope you can make him better.

Do you have plain old human eye drops, like artificial tears or allergy relief eye drops? You can use those and wipe that stuff off that is coming out of his eye, at least. The terramycin antibiotic eye ointment would be something to get for him, certainly, if you aren't going to a vet. I'm...

I've been gone all day. My husband had emergency surgery so I just saw this. I honestly have no idea what to do for your rooster. He needs a vet, most likely. I have no idea what this is. Could be bacterial and in that case, antibiotics would be advisable, but I just cannot say what the problem...

What kind of injection, though? I'm sorry that I cannot diagnose him reliably on the web. Is his eye swollen? Foamy? I'm not sure what's going on with your boy. There's really no way to say for sure what's wrong because several things would cause eye issues, including heavy ammonia at his level...

Antibiotics are good. Tylan 50 or Tylan 200 (just different dosages) is the preferred one for respiratory illness, but other mild ones like Duramycin are okay, too. There is an eye ointment that is good if the issue is really just the eye itself, Terramycin antibiotic ointment, purchased from...