Bubbles in eyes of my chick, but no other symptoms?

[PlentywoodFarm]

Hey guys,

Yesterday, I noticed my two week old white Wyandotte chick had white foamy bubbles in the corner of his eye. I got a wet paper towel and cleaned it out, and some more gunk came out. I put a little neosporin on it. Any ideas of what this could be?

He/she has also been really itchy lately, but I have just chalked that up to a feather growing stage.

I've been reading the threads and it seems that it sometimes means the bird may have respiratory disease, but she/he is not showing any other symptoms. No sneezing, coughing, he/she is eating very well, drinking well, definitely not lethargic. I even held her/his little chest up to my ear, and couldn't hear anything, although I did get pecked on the top of the head continually while I was trying to hear. lol.

He/she is the biggest in the brooder, so he/she doesn't get picked on. However, a couple days ago, I covered my finger in food and let them peck it off. Well, some dropped off my finger and onto his/her head. A friend told me it is possible he/she just got pecked in the eye. There are five other chicks in the brooder.

Anyway, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Jessi

 

[PlentywoodFarm]

Anyone? I just got home from work and the eye looks the same, except some of the furry feathers around it seem to have fallen out. I hope this is nothing too serious.

 

[minihorse927]

I have had one that I had do the same thing and I know mine was caused from a pecked eye. I watched the other chicken peck that one. I took and rinsed the eye out 3 to 4 times a day with contact solution and bought terramycin powder and mixed it into the chickens water. It took about 2 weeks but I did get it to heal up finally. I am not saying for sure this will help yours but it is my experience with this same type of problem.

 

[PlentywoodFarm]

Thanks minihorse927! I think her eye is looking better this morning. I just can't tell if the feathers are falling out or if it is just matted from the neosporin. I sent my husband to Orscheln for terramycin, and he said they didn't have any... actually they didn't have any chicken antibiotics at all. Crazy.

 

[minihorse927]

That's strange that they didn't keep any kind of terramycin. Where I work It sells like crazy to everyone with cattle and swine too! Good lucK With the chick. Keep me updated if something changes.