justchicken1
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- Feb 16, 2015
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NO ONE KNOWS?? ANY IDEAS?? PLEASE HELP I don't want to lose my girls!
Help! A few days ago I found one of my 4 month old pullets with her left eye swollen and she was very lethargic. I brought her in that night and tried to nurse her back to health. The next day we found another one dead and one very very ill, weak, with both eyes horribly swollen shut and squaring in horrible pain everytime we moved her or tried to touch her. We went to Orscheln's and got them some antibiotics for their water... we treated high dose as they recommended.
The next day, I checked through my pullets and I had 4 more with either one swollen eye or a watery eye. I separated them from the rest and cleaned my coop out really well, placing new hay and making sure to clear out anything that had been in there.
This was what they looked like when I pulled them out
And
I went back out yesterday morning and all 4 of my sick babies were still alive. I gave them fresh high dose antibiotic water and looked a little closer as it was getting dark when I discovered their sickness. One appeared to no longer be draining. 1 a lot more swollen with her beak becoming displaced on the top, and the other two about the same. On closer inspection I see that they do have nasal drainage and the one with mild eye drainage and not much swelling has a "knot" in front of her eye (see picture). Maybe this is where this starts and not in the eye?
KNOT IN FRONT OF EYE
SWOLLEN EYE AND DISPLACED BEAK. (Her head is so swollen it look like a tumor)
These 4 still ate well and we're doing all right yesterday morning. Please help me! Any ideas???
Help! A few days ago I found one of my 4 month old pullets with her left eye swollen and she was very lethargic. I brought her in that night and tried to nurse her back to health. The next day we found another one dead and one very very ill, weak, with both eyes horribly swollen shut and squaring in horrible pain everytime we moved her or tried to touch her. We went to Orscheln's and got them some antibiotics for their water... we treated high dose as they recommended.
The next day, I checked through my pullets and I had 4 more with either one swollen eye or a watery eye. I separated them from the rest and cleaned my coop out really well, placing new hay and making sure to clear out anything that had been in there.
This was what they looked like when I pulled them out
And
I went back out yesterday morning and all 4 of my sick babies were still alive. I gave them fresh high dose antibiotic water and looked a little closer as it was getting dark when I discovered their sickness. One appeared to no longer be draining. 1 a lot more swollen with her beak becoming displaced on the top, and the other two about the same. On closer inspection I see that they do have nasal drainage and the one with mild eye drainage and not much swelling has a "knot" in front of her eye (see picture). Maybe this is where this starts and not in the eye?
KNOT IN FRONT OF EYE
SWOLLEN EYE AND DISPLACED BEAK. (Her head is so swollen it look like a tumor)
These 4 still ate well and we're doing all right yesterday morning. Please help me! Any ideas???
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