aracana with white eye mucus

[Volcano Eggs]

This morning I discovered one of my aracana hens with white eye mucus on both eyes. It was covering the front part of the eyes to the point that she couldn't see well enough to hop off the roost.

She has been scratching it off, so her eyes are clear now, but I'm keeping her isolated, until I know what to do for her.

I've not seen this on any of our hens till now.

We are fairly isolated, and live up the mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii, so our diseases will be limited to what is going around here.

We did introduce some new birds a month ago, and a few of them had fowl pox, but that hasn't spread to any of the other hens.

So. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing white eye mucus ? How to treat it ?

Thanks,
-Steve

 

[PunkinPeep]

I don't have experience with this, but Speckled Hen's ten commandments have a bit.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=129278
See #8.
If someone else has ideas, hope this bump gets you some more attention.
Good luck.

 

[dlhunicorn]

This will often accompany vit A deficiency (and vit A def often accompanies resp illness).
Three or four drops of POLYVISOL ENFAMIL formaulation (this is a liquid childrens vitamin) once a day for a week then taper off the next might clear this up. Keep separated.

 

[Volcano Eggs]

Thank you both, lismrog, and dlhunicorn, for your tips and advise. I've kept her seperated, and she hasn't shown signs of white mucus for a day. We're going to get some medicine from the feed store, and see if that helps.