Bad eye infection, swollen eye

[h-kay]

You wanna see how effective Baytril can be?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/945918/my-first-sinus-infection

-Kathy

What is the egg withdraw time?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That's open to debate... Baytril is banned for use in poultry by the FDA, but some vets will say it's okay to eat the eggs in 14-30 days. My vet says 30 days.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Read this:
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2005/07/fda-ban-enrofloxacin-use-poultry

-Kathy

 

[janinemarie]

Same happened with a polish hen of mine and I gave her tylan .5 cc and put it in a medicine syringe with apple or grape juice and have it down her throat because it burns going down. On day 6 eye drained and eye is opening and to n'y surprise eye looks to be healthy

 

[CleverGretel]

I am hoping this remedy will help my girl who has the same problem. But now the biggest problem seems to be that she won't stop scratching at it and it just keeps getting worse because of it. Do you have any suggestions for how to keep her from scratching at her eyes?

 

[CleverGretel]

I was talking about the vinegar remedy. That's what I'm going to try. I have tried terramycin ointment, vetricyn and nothing has worked so far. The apple cider vinegar sounds like a good option as I drink it myself daily and I know it is a wonderful anti-bacterial.

 

[Clarks Chickens]

Our hen had the same problem with a swollen eye, a yucky bum and acted very lethargic. We fed her Greek yogurt and it worked perfectly! She loved it and she was completely back to normal within 2 days. Only one problem though, all the other chickens wanted some too! Good luck!

 

[joyce5430]

I'm on the site today because I have this very same thing going on with one of my hens right now. So frustrated with the whole situation. When it first started I thought it was a simple eye infection so I started treating her with Baytril. After a month of that, it didn't help. The eye was really swollen with puss coming out and it smelled really bad. I talked to the vet and picked up some Tetramyacine. That seemed to bring down the swelling, but we're now at the end of the 2nd month. I have to clean it out morning and night. Getting chunks of stuff that looks like tiny bits of scrambled egg out of it with tweezers. However, that seems to come out of a pocket that is attached to her tissue. By the way, this is between her eye and beak. She also has discharge and some of the "egg" stuff in the nostril on the same side. I thought I might find answers on BYC, but haven't yet. I'm calling another vet today. I don't know if she still has the eye or not. I can't tell because of the swollen tissue and I don't want to dig around in there anymore than absolutely necessary. My 1st vet said he had not idea what this was. Took a sample for a slide to send out. I haven't heard anything back on it yet.

 

[joyce5430]

Forgot to mention that none of the other chickens have it. It's only on one side of her face. No sneezing, coughing or other symptoms.

 

[Raggedyroad]

My Ameraucana has developed an eye infection. Just noticed it yesterday. It's not yet nearly as bad as mentioned above but getting worse. How do I go about getting her to eat the greek yogurt? She's still doing all the things she normally does including laying. It looks as if she has a feather that has curled up and stuck to her eyelid. I'm not sure if this is what caused the problem, so I'm also not sure if I need to isolate her. The oozing is still clear but today it's clear and full of bubbles. We have 6 hens that are 5.5 months old. They are a very close flock. If one gets separated from the rest of the flock, the hen that's separated kind of freaks out, so I would hate to isolate her.