YesliHomestead
Chirping
- Sep 14, 2022
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Hi everyone! I got a chicken who seems to have lost a battle. She’s got a swollen eye, it’s been 3 days since I noticed it! When I first noticed it she would open it, I tried rinsing it with warm water but I may have made it worse because now she won’t open it at all.
The eye is not leaking
There is no crusting around the eye
The hen is not sneezing
I have listened to her lungs and there is no fluid buildup
Her poop was green and wet
It’s now less green and solidified
She wouldn’t eat at first but I think it because she just can’t see well because when I put the food in front of her good eye (right eye) she eats what I put down. Her appetite is small but she’s always been one of my smaller hens.
She is not lethargic but since she’s in a cage she falls asleep, I think she sleeps from boredom or perhaps she in pain.— I just described lethargy
I have her separated from the flock and I have eye ointment for chickens coming between today and tomorrow— VETERRA
Has this ever happened to anyone else? And do you have any advice?
The very last picture is when I found her and as you can see it was much more swollen- this gives me hope because I too just noticed that the swelling has gone down
The eye is not leaking
There is no crusting around the eye
The hen is not sneezing
I have listened to her lungs and there is no fluid buildup
Her poop was green and wet
It’s now less green and solidified
She wouldn’t eat at first but I think it because she just can’t see well because when I put the food in front of her good eye (right eye) she eats what I put down. Her appetite is small but she’s always been one of my smaller hens.
She is not lethargic but since she’s in a cage she falls asleep, I think she sleeps from boredom or perhaps she in pain.— I just described lethargy

I have her separated from the flock and I have eye ointment for chickens coming between today and tomorrow— VETERRA
Has this ever happened to anyone else? And do you have any advice?
The very last picture is when I found her and as you can see it was much more swollen- this gives me hope because I too just noticed that the swelling has gone down