Chicken has swollen, dry face! PLEASE HELP!!

[bizarrechickens]

Today I discovered that my silkie has a very dry and swollen face. Yesterday I lost a hen who has had the same thing on her own face. It seems she has only had this for a few days, but it has escalated to a bad spot. She’s been sitting on an egg so I haven’t seen her poop. It is also on the back of her neck. Otherwise she seems to be walking around normally. I don’t know what to do and I really want to get this fixed so that it doesn’t spread anymore!!!

 

[Show Sebright]

I don’t know what it is but first step clean the face of and send new pictures. Water will work good for cleaning

 

[Show Sebright]

Are you able to open the eye? Do you have animal eye drops? It mush be mites. Is she with other birds?
Sorry for the questions I and trying to figure out what it is. But it isn’t fowl pox.

 

[bizarrechickens]

Are you able to open the eye? Do you have animal eye drops? It mush be mites. Is she with other birds?
Sorry for the questions I and trying to figure out what it is. But it isn’t fowl pox.

I’m cleaning her face now. I can’t open the eye, and I don’t have any eye drops. Looking around her fur right now.

 

[Show Sebright]

Ok let me find the article on how to make chicken eye drops for the other eye.

 

[bizarrechickens]

 

[Show Sebright]

“ For a homemade eyewash solution, boil one cup of water with 1 teaspoon of salt. Make sure you let it cool before flushing the eye. If you continue to flush, make a fresh mixture daily. For a pecked eye, I recommend terramycin eye ointment after flushing.” From @dawg53 in 2011

 

[bizarrechickens]

Just looked around her fur— its mites! Bad!

 

[Show Sebright]

If you have Neosporin or Vaseline that might help with some of the dryness. I don’t know what is wrong.

 

[bizarrechickens]

She has mites to the point of where they’re even crawling on me! Poor thing ..