chicken eye infection or eye disease

[kayla61]

Hello everyone,
I have some beautiful laying hens. I love them very much, for the lay egg everyday.
One day, I bought some more hens and a rooster to add on my flock. I did not know that the rooster was sick, eye infection. He could not eat anything and died a few days after I bought him. A couple weeks later I found that some of my hens got the same kind of disease. One of my hen died last week.
Everyday I found one more hen had eye infection. I am very sad because half of my hens are sick now. I think the virus came from a sick rooster.
Anyone can help me?! I would appreciated if you show me how to treat them. I called the Vet, and they charge $65.00 for a visit + medicine.
Thank you very much for reading my email.
Peter

 

[Imp]

Sorry you are going through this

I'm attaching a link to some common chicken diseases. Maybe something there will help.
Can you descibe the eye infection? Post a pix?

Good luck

Imp and

 

[jim&julie]

If you catch it early you can reverse it but once the eye swells shut its nearly impossable.
First isolate your sick chick and begin treatment right away.
I give 3/10ths a cc of Tylan orally for 3 days and teramycine ointment right in the eye.
If you can start treatment as soon as you see one bubble or a slight droopiness in the eye
you have a good chance to reverse the condition.
Good Luck!

 

[Meadowlark Farm]

Thank you for posting info on how to treat eye infections. I'm new to this and appreciate the advice. My second chicken just came down with symptoms.
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[daisy7]

I just discovered a hen with an eye swelled shut. Should we put her down? Her other eye seems to be fine, and the other chickens all look fine. I certainly don't want to infect the flock. Any suggestions? Thanks.