Blind sick chicken found alone in park help

[CoopBoots]

Is it still safe to do this if I do not have terramycin eye antibiotic? Or is there anything I can use in place of that as an antibiotic?

I would follow the advice to flush the eyes and apply either Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin to the eyes twice daily. But try to press out any pus that may be around the eye. If you can get some antibiotic, such as SMZ-TMP or sulfadimethoxine I would treat with that. Baytril, Tylosin or others may be good, depending on the organism.

You've got a lot of messages going quickly, so wanted to repeat this bit that I think answers your question! Plain neosporin is fine for the eyes if you don't have the Terramycin on hand (I don't any on hand either, so I'd be exactly in your shoes right now.)

 

[Anotherchickenaround]

So let me just make sure I have this correct before I try anything risky, gently push the puss out of the eyes and apply neosporin after?

 

[Anotherchickenaround]

Update: she has pooped

 

[CoopBoots]

So let me just make sure I have this correct before I try anything risky, gently push the puss out of the eyes and apply neosporin after?

From a similar case:

Pus in the eye must be removed if you can get it cleaned out, and flush the eye before putting the eye ointment in twice or 3 times daily.

So I'd rinse w saline, remove pus, rinse again to clear any wet discharge
or remaining debris, then apply your plain neosporin.

I'm not a poop expert but I'm glad she's had some! Looks like mostly urates... I'll read up.

 

[Eggcessive]

Make sure that she drinks water, and electrolytes and vitamins can be added. The poop looks like mostly urates which may mean she is dehydrated which is not surprising with both eyes swollen shut. Are they white or are they yellowish? Yes, get the pus out even if there is no antibiotic ointment, and flush the eyes until you get some. It will probably take several attempts to get most of it out. You can try to get the gunk out of the eye, QTips and tissues are fine to help. Here is another video of expressing pus:

 

[Anotherchickenaround]

Make sure that she drinks water, and electrolytes and vitamins can be added. The poop looks like mostly urates which may mean she is dehydrated which is not surprising with both eyes swollen shut. Are they white or are they yellowish? Yes, get the pus out even if there is no antibiotic ointment, and flush the eyes until you get some. It will probably take several attempts to get most of it out. You can try to get the gunk out of the eye, QTips and tissues are fine to help. Here is another video of expressing pus:

I tried multiple times to push it out but it’s as hard as a rock and trying was really stressing her to exhaustion so I stopped. I don’t want to hurt her. How do I proceed?

 

[Anotherchickenaround]

I tried multiple times to push it out but it’s as hard as a rock and trying was really stressing her to exhaustion so I stopped. I don’t want to hurt her. How do I proceed?

I started using the warm saline to carefully press against her worse eye to try to soften the junk up but it’s stressing her out so much I had to stop. It’s not getting much better after that, still hard as a rock.

 

[MROO]

Warm water should help, but it's important to get that rock-hard pus out of there. Even with antibiotics, that much infection will not clear up on its' own before killing the bird. As far as saline goes, basic sterile saline for contact lens wearers will work - NOT the cleanser - the saline used to rinse them off.
Those eyes are very swollen and tender, so expressing the infection is going to hurt no matter how gently you do it. You're going to need both hands - which is hard to do when you're holding a struggling chicken! If you can get someone to hold her while you work on the wounds, you'll be able to clear out the mess more quickly. Once that pressure is relieved, you'll be surprised at how quickly she settles down. Just keep her warm and in a darkened cage - you can cover it with a towel to help her feel secure.
Good Luck!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Good advice from everyone.

You're doing good, keep working on her eyes and get her hydrated, warm and eating.

Do you have an existing flock of chickens?

 

[azygous]

I have to deal with my chickens without a helper. This is how I do it.

I wrap the chicken tightly in a bath towel. I have an old ACE bandage that I wrap around the outside of the towel for especially combative chickens. The important parts to wrap are wings and feet.

Once securely "packaged", the chicken will be very calm and quiet. It's important also to realize that while a chicken does experience pain, a chicken does not panic as humans and other animals do when they have to experience a painful procedure. As long as the chicken is wrapped securely so they can't move, the chicken will not flail and fuss. Also, don't worry about the pain stressing the chicken to the point of passing into unconsciousness. That won't happen.

As others have suggested, soften the pus with warm compresses first. Then exert pressure from the outside edge of the swelling and push toward the eye ball. Some people are afraid they are going to pop the eye ball out of the socket. Don't worry, this can't happen as the eye is securely tethered to the socket by ligaments attached to muscles. The pus, on the other hand is sitting loose around the edge of the eye, and once you ignore your fear of popping the eye out, you will be able to exert the pressure necessary to push out the pus.