Chick with chronic watery eye

[Eggcessive]

I would try some Terramycin Eye ointment from a feed store. Gentamycin is for specific gram negative bacteria, not gram positive, and if the eye bubbles is connected to MG, the Terramycin may help. MG is a chronic respiratory disease. However the chicken may have something wrong with a tear duct or it’s eye.

I had a little hen who had the bubbles in her eye on very cold mornings. Then it would clear by morning. She had no other symptoms, and I gave her several days of Tylan 50 injectable, a drug that treats MG. Nothing helped, most days she had no foam, then others she would. She did have a lot of feathers around her face, so I sometimes wondered if that was the problem.

As long as yours just has it in one eye, no other symptoms show up, and no other chickens gets symptoms, I would just clean her eye and not worry. If you decide to try Tylan 50 injectable at some point, it can be given orally 0.3 ml twice a day for 3-5 days. You would need syringes and needles, then remove the needle to give the medicine by beak.

 

[Leihamarie]

Hi @Eggcessive ! :-D Thanks for your input! I'm well stocked and prepared for *almost* anything chicken related here, lol! I can't seem to find my Terramycin but I ordered more last night so it's on the way. I have a stock of Tylan 50, Amoxicillin, syringes, etc... although I avoid using antibiotics unless necessary. I haven't done a gram stain yet on the fluid but I think I'll take a smear today and see what I can see.

You know, I also have some Ofloxacin that I could try. The vet seemed really insistent on Gentamycin/ Amox combo instead of Oflox but I've taken Myrtle in twice and (first Gento, second Amox) even though the eye condition doesn't seem to be causing anything but a bit of ick factor and mild irritation from the fluffy feathers sticking together, at this point I even considered using ionic silver, lol!

Good to know you've seen something similar to this before, lol! She's an olive-egger (1/2 BCM, 1/2 EE) with SUPER FLOOF on her cheeks, beard and feet, so maybe the excessive face feathering has something to do with it like it might have been with your little girl.

 

[Eggcessive]

Gentimycin is good in combination with another bacteria, such as amoxicillin that treats gram positive bacteria. Some antibiotic eye drops such as enrofloxacin, can treat both. Many use the Terramycin, a tetracycline ointment, to treat eye infections that may be from MG. If ofloxacin is the same as enrofloxacin or Baytril, that would be very good.

 

[Leihamarie]

If ofloxacin is the same as enrofloxacin or Baytril, that would be very good.

Yep, they're both fluoroquinolone antibacterials. I started her on the Ofloxacin this morning. I'll give it a whirl and see if it'll clear this poor little eye up.