- Oct 9, 2010
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I'm beginning to think maybe I'm raising a bunch of pirates.
Argh!
It started this Saturday. I found one of my roosters with his right eye held shut. No wheezing, no foam, just a small amount of gunk gluing the eye shut (like we get in the corners of our eyes). When I examined him, the whole eye area was swollen. I took a warm wet cloth and washed the gunk off. It was watery, but there was no foreign object or obvious injury. I put a small amount of honey on it as an antibacterial. That night, while he was roosted up, I put some triple antibiotic ointment on it. The next morning, it was halfway open. By that evening, it seemed healed.
This morning, I found a hen with her right eye shut. I picked up some terramycin ointment to put on it. When I came home after work to dose her, I found another hen with her right eye stuck shut as well. Oh, and my rooster has his eye only half open again. Whatever is going on, has affected only the right eye at this point. Weird huh?
My plan is to re-dose them with the ointment again this evening. Any thoughts on what this might be? Am I doing the right thing? I bought some powder terramycin to add to their drinking water, but I want to see how this goes first. How alarmed should I be?
Appetites seem fine. Poo looks normal. The weather has been cold. Maybe that has something to do with it...
Any help and insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
It started this Saturday. I found one of my roosters with his right eye held shut. No wheezing, no foam, just a small amount of gunk gluing the eye shut (like we get in the corners of our eyes). When I examined him, the whole eye area was swollen. I took a warm wet cloth and washed the gunk off. It was watery, but there was no foreign object or obvious injury. I put a small amount of honey on it as an antibacterial. That night, while he was roosted up, I put some triple antibiotic ointment on it. The next morning, it was halfway open. By that evening, it seemed healed.
This morning, I found a hen with her right eye shut. I picked up some terramycin ointment to put on it. When I came home after work to dose her, I found another hen with her right eye stuck shut as well. Oh, and my rooster has his eye only half open again. Whatever is going on, has affected only the right eye at this point. Weird huh?
My plan is to re-dose them with the ointment again this evening. Any thoughts on what this might be? Am I doing the right thing? I bought some powder terramycin to add to their drinking water, but I want to see how this goes first. How alarmed should I be?
Appetites seem fine. Poo looks normal. The weather has been cold. Maybe that has something to do with it...
Any help and insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
