Eye infection???

[birdlover]

Yesterday, I noticed that one of our little white bantam rocks had her eye swollen shut. I found out because I saw her with her head tucked under her wing and, just on a hunch, picked her up and there it was. So I bought some terrimyacin (sp?) to apply to her eye and, today, I found three more with the same thing!!! Does anyone have an idea as to what I'm dealing with? I put the medication in the 4 chickens' eyes. Should I do anything else?

Ellen

 

[lilchick]

They might have an illness that needs antibiotics to clear up.

I use injectables but you can purchase powdered form to put in the water.

Read up on diseases and try to match their symptoms.

good luck....

 

[birdlover]

Thank you lilchick. Can you tell me what kind of antibiiotic you can put in the water? I've never given injections before and there's so many, although only 4 have a problem (as of yesterday). Should I treat the whole flock?

 

[lilchick]

I would use tetracycline in their water. Just follow directions on package and days of treatment. I would treat them all since they were probably exposed by now.
What are the other symptoms?
Some on her like the Tylan and I have found L.A. 200 to work for me.. Injectables seem to work faster than powders....
But for those unsure of giving injections the powder will work also.

 

[birdlover]

That's the funny thing! Other than the eye swollen shut, there's no other symptoms. Another one had it when I checked today.

Thanks for the info.