Chicken with serious MG, please help!

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Recently took home a chicken from a friend's farm because it had swollen eyes, couldn't see and just standing doing nothing.

The story is that a rooster pecked the eye previously and the chickens eye became very swollen, she couldn't see out of it, but now she has gotten MG, weak and unstable, both eyes swollen and full of pus, and have a foul odor. It's been 3 weeks since the first eye became swollen.

Took her home, she refused to eat or drink on her own. Had to force feed some grower mash but she drank some electrolytes voluntarily. Flushed the eye with saline and applied Terramycin three times a day. I have Tylosin Tartrate so she's been drinking a lot of the medicated water.

2 days later, she's still weak and just stands up, turns around sometimes. She responds more to sound, and squawks when we wrap her in the towel. She opens her eye to try to look at me but I think she can barely see.

Atm she's being force fed/given medicated water every 2 hours, with saline flush and terramycin 3 times a day. Should I attempt to remove the pus pockets from her eyes? They seems loosely connected.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks. I really hope she can make it.
 
but now she has gotten MG, weak and unstable, both eyes swollen and full of pus, and have a foul odor. It's been 3 weeks since the first eye became swollen.
Do you have photos?

Generally yes, pus in the eyes needs to be pushed/pressed out in order for the eyes to heal up. Once the pus is out, continue with the saline rinse and Terramycin in the eye until it heals.

You have MG in your flock correct?

With a bad odor, I wonder if the new bird has Infectious Coryza instead of MG or it's possible to have both. Do you have a Sulfa Antibiotic available to you in Malaysia?

Recently took home a chicken from a friend's farm because it had swollen eyes, couldn't see and just standing doing nothing.

The story is that a rooster pecked the eye previously and the chickens eye became very swollen, she couldn't see out of it, but now she has gotten MG, weak and unstable, both eyes swollen and full of pus, and have a foul odor. It's been 3 weeks since the first eye became swollen.

Took her home, she refused to eat or drink on her own. Had to force feed some grower mash but she drank some electrolytes voluntarily. Flushed the eye with saline and applied Terramycin three times a day. I have Tylosin Tartrate so she's been drinking a lot of the medicated water.

2 days later, she's still weak and just stands up, turns around sometimes. She responds more to sound, and squawks when we wrap her in the towel. She opens her eye to try to look at me but I think she can barely see.

Atm she's being force fed/given medicated water every 2 hours, with saline flush and terramycin 3 times a day. Should I attempt to remove the pus pockets from her eyes? They seems loosely connected.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks. I really hope she can make it.
 
Made an attempt to remove one pocket of pus but it seems connected by a small piece of black tissue. I was scared that it was part of her eye so didn’t end up removing it.

No, my flock doesn’t have MG. This chicken vac me from another flock and no other chickens had it.

This chicken is separated from the rest of my flock. Gave her more water just now and she is drinking by herself after some guidance. She is stronger and more responsive, growls when picked up or touched. Also moving around a bit more. i also think the smell is a lot less. Definitely improving, but my biggest concern is the food.

Here are some files attached of the eye, sorry for the blurriness, she struggles a lot. It basically just looks like red tissue and yellow-cheese like pus, in one eye I can kinda see the eye behind.
 

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This chicken is being kept inside the house. There’s no sanitization being done, but my chickens have had MG before so does it make them less likely to contract it?
 

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