8 week old chicken- swollen eye

[Chold05]

Hey everyone! I’m new to raising chickens. We have 6 eight week old pullets. We let them free range for a little every day (supervised due to predators in our area) and this evening I noticed one of the chickens eyes is swollen, red, and almost looks like she’s missing some feathers around it. I don’t see any eye bubbles or other symptoms.



Any help would be appreciated!

(the first photo is the swollen eye and the 2nd photo is her good eye. )

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC!

I'm sorry, your photos are not showing up, can you re-post them?

From your description of a red/swollen eye with possibly some feathers missing around the face - I would take a guess she got into a squabble and was pecked or scratched in the eye.


General care for eye swelling/injuries is clean/flush the eye with saline and apply an eye ointment like Terramycin or Vetericyn eye gel. You can also use Plain Neosporin in the eye.

Watch that she's eating/drinking.

 

[Chold05]

Welcome To BYC!

I'm sorry, your photos are not showing up, can you re-post them?

From your description of a red/swollen eye with possibly some feathers missing around the face - I would take a guess she got into a squabble and was pecked or scratched in the eye.


General care for eye swelling/injuries is clean/flush the eye with saline and apply an eye ointment like Terramycin or Vetericyn eye gel. You can also use Plain Neosporin in the eye.

Watch that she's eating/drinking.

Thank you! Here is a photo of her eye. I was hoping that’s all it was so I cleaned it as best she’d let me and put some neosporin on it last night. Thanks for your help!

Welcome To BYC!

I'm sorry, your photos are not showing up, can you re-post them?

From your description of a red/swollen eye with possibly some feathers missing around the face - I would take a guess she got into a squabble and was pecked or scratched in the eye.


General care for eye swelling/injuries is clean/flush the eye with saline and apply an eye ointment like Terramycin or Vetericyn eye gel. You can also use Plain Neosporin in the eye.

Watch that she's eating/drinking.

Thank you! I tried to clean it as best she’d let me and put some Neosporin in there last night. Hopefully it look

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It looks like she may have a small scab beside the eye. I would give it a couple of days to see if it improves. Apply your Neosporin 1-2X a day.

If it gets worse or you see other symptoms - bubbles in the eyes, runny nose, coughing, etc. then let us know.

She's sweet!