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Here's an update on my EE Lucy with the sick eye.
After a round of Tylan 50, Lucy is feeling better, is eating a little more each day than the day before, but she's still not her old self.
I've about written off the eye. I have continued with antibiotic drops and steroid drops, and I follow up with a heavy duty eye lubricant after the previous drops have been absorbed. The latter seems to make the eye feel better. I've caught her with it open on occasion, although she keeps it closed most of the time.
She's been spending days in the confinement pen in the run, sometimes with another young hen who is also recovering from an illness (not related to Lucy's). Lucy sleeps in her infirmary crate at night, and she seems to feel very secure in it.
I wish I knew what made her so sick and why the eye glazed over within the span of just a couple days. I suppose it could be Mycoplasma, but I've never had a CRD in my flock, and none of the other chickens are showing any symptoms. Any ideas what it might be?
After a round of Tylan 50, Lucy is feeling better, is eating a little more each day than the day before, but she's still not her old self.
I've about written off the eye. I have continued with antibiotic drops and steroid drops, and I follow up with a heavy duty eye lubricant after the previous drops have been absorbed. The latter seems to make the eye feel better. I've caught her with it open on occasion, although she keeps it closed most of the time.
She's been spending days in the confinement pen in the run, sometimes with another young hen who is also recovering from an illness (not related to Lucy's). Lucy sleeps in her infirmary crate at night, and she seems to feel very secure in it.
I wish I knew what made her so sick and why the eye glazed over within the span of just a couple days. I suppose it could be Mycoplasma, but I've never had a CRD in my flock, and none of the other chickens are showing any symptoms. Any ideas what it might be?