Cataracts? Or cornea injury?

[lfurrer]

So, we have 5 barred rocks, all just under a year old. They separate into groups of 3 and 2. In the group of 3 today, I noticed this one's eyes looked odd. Picked her up, and took a closer look, and it looks like cataracts possibly. Was able to get good pictures. When I walk up to her, she'll squat down, but I think she hears my boots, and she doesn't really move when I pick her up. Very sweet chicken. Not sure, it seems her buddies help her out. Both eyes look about the same, the one I didn't get the picture of, the cloudy spot is more circular.

Not sure if this is an injury to her cornea, but as it's in both eyes, I think cataracts. Though our girls used to be fairly bossy (not so much the past couple days, as we got some bossy ducks added to our flock). Any ideas?

 

[Eggcessive]

Cataracts can be hereditary, due to an injury or infection, or from a vitamin E deficiency. Does she scratch at her eyes? Do you live in a tropical climate where eye worm might be a problem? Here is a thread on cataracts: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/800391/coudy-eyes-can-be-chicken-cataracts

 

[lfurrer]

I have never seen her scratch at her eyes. We live in Washington, no tropical climate here. I would think my other hens would get this as well, especially the ones lower in the pecking order, if it was a vitamin deficiency... no other hens show signs from what I can tell.

Edit: Also, as to vitamins, we give our chickens all of our scraps, plus whole pumpkins, throughout the year. I hope that keeps them full of vitamins!

Edit2: I just went out and checked all chicken eyes. 2 of them have eyes like this. The one above, has it in both eyes, about the same in each eye. The other one has a lot (whole pupil is nearly cloudy, perfect circle), then a tiny bit in the other eye. The second one also gets picked on quite a bit...and is going through molt right now (I think). The first one just about never gets picked on, as her friends are the two biggest chickens.

We got all chickens at Big R, originally a group of 6, but one chick died at a few weeks old. Rest have been healthy since. On further inspection and googling the terms above, it still seems like cataracts or something else in my chickens. It doesn't look like the eye worm pics I've seen online either.