We have a 4 month old hen that has had eye issues from hatch. We purchased her from a feed store and realized that one of her eyes was very swollen. We did some research and the best we could determine, it was a birth defect causing her eye/eye socket to not be formed correctly. Her first week...
Hey all!
I have been creeping on the forums for a while now, and this is my first post ever.
I got some chicks from a local poultry farm on August 10th.
I have lost three of my girls so far, and I think I am about to lose another one.
I don't know exactly what is happening, as all the girls...
I was waiting to post this to see if it would improve, but it hasn’t.
Around 2 to 3 weeks ago, we bought 14 Buff Orphington chicks, they came healthy and all alive. One of them came with an eye that looks like it’s bulging out- it does get a little watery sometimes. There is no drainage. The...
I’ve had this baby about two weeks. He was probably a week old when I got him. A few days later one of his eyes stuck shut. I used warm water and a q-tip to gently help it open. It still doesn’t look right.
Today I noticed a small sore by its beak which looked like a piece of its food. When I...
This Baby has had nothing but issues purchased last Friday evening at the TSC we lost her 3 friends and now I see this.. I'm new to chickens so I have no idea what it is...why it is or how to make it better for her.
I got my chick about two weeks ago it’s a silkie, it’s very small and i noticed right away that one of its eyes was very watery. Slowly it progressed into being puss filled, and swelling. I got eye drops for it and put those in every day, but now it’s completely swollen shut, I put a warm...
Hi everyone,
My Silkie hen hatched many babies. But one of them seems weird today. It was fine this moring and just afternoon it was not able to open left eye. I gave it some eye drop(to kill bacteria that I use) but not worked well. Anyone can help with it?