Eye Infections in chicks (graphic description)

[sammi]

I haven't used it but I see that it is a powerful med..maybe even overkill..
maybe the chlora....(I think this is Cipro)
or the triple..

it's your choice really..just clean the eyes first as I posted, and keep clean...

do you see any yellow cheesy stuff?
does it have an odor?

so far..it sounds like conjunctivitis..("Pink Eye)..a bad case..

 

[California Ducken]

Yes, the active ingredient is Cipro. Very good antibiotic.
You must treat the infection from inside as well as externally. When using the eye drops / eye cream, make sure you do NOT touch the eye with the tip of the applicator. If you contaminate the mediation, it will no longer be as effective.
Good Luck with your other chickies!
I am sorry you lost a chickie in such a horrible way.

 

[dlhunicorn]

Quote:
Hi there,

I am new at chicken keeping, but I have the Chicken Health Handbook that details just about every weird thing I think possible. This might be the book you looked at, but in case it's not, here are some of the diseases that mention "cheesy eye:"

0 to 1 week - eye swollen with yellow cheesy matter
Disease: aspergillosis (acute)
Rare, 10% fatal
Treatment: None, cull
Picture of cheesy stuff: http://www.worldpoultry.net/health-diseases/a/asprgillosis-brooder-pneumonia.-7.html

and a second:

1 to 7 weeks - swollen eyelids with sticky or cheesy discharge
Disease: Roup
Rare, feed related - in chicks it's caused by vitamin A deficient breeders
Treatment: water soluble vitamin A
picture here: http://www.worldpoultry.net/health-diseases/v/vitamin-a-deficiency-nutritional-roup.-113.html


Again, I've got no idea really, but those are the "cheesy eye" diseases listed. If they also seemed to have snotty noses, cholera is indicated.

DITTO on the vitamin A (this occurs much more often than you might think and is often present in combination with other conditions)
If it were me I would put them all on Polyvisol enfamil (three-four drops in beak once a day for a week then taper off the next.) A supplement like AviaCharge 200 in addition to this would also be a good idea (you can order online from McMurry or Strombergs)
Clean the eyes daily once or twice as necessary with a luke-warm steril saline solution... dip a cotton ball and gently press against the eyes... be patient and the crust will dissolve and usually the gunk inside the eye will be expelled when gently swabbing away.

 

[California Ducken]

Any update yet? Keep us posted.

 

[pete1]

i had a turkey with the same problem and 2 chicks i just washed them everyday with water and made shure they were always clean and it kind of went away they still have like watery eyes it kind of looks like there crying

out of one eye its been about 1 week or less but at first it was bad like ur descriptions

 

[BarkerChickens]

I agree with using a vitamin such as Poly-vi-Sol (mentioned above). I just wanted to add that if you choose to use it, get the kind WITHOUT iron. Walgreens, etc usually carries the Poly-vi-Sol without iron in their baby section.

 

[Huny]

Sorry I haven't been in to update. I'll make it quick, as there is a huge lighting storm outside!

I started washing out the eyes, and the worst one had puss come out of the eye. The next to worst one did to, but then the eye opened. The worst one had one eye open and the worst eye was down low. The next day it was swollen up again, I cleaned again, put it back. That night it was really bad, so I figured I would do my best at cleaning everything out and putting antibiotics in. Unfortunately, as I was cleaning it, some of the gunk pulled back, and I saw the entire eye was ((GRAPHIC))


Looked like cottage cheese all white. I could tell it was in pain, and knowing the eye was all gone, I culled it. This was the first time I have ever really killed a chick, I usually have them die on their own, but I wasn't going to let it suffer. The gross thing though, was when I had the head fall off, the eye fell or popped out and it left a big socket with nothing in it, and it was a big glob of seriously cottage cheese. The other two have cleared up, I kept them seperate until they were clear. The limp I had put in the separate brooder with them got a little bit of crusties. He died of other complications, but that was the first one that got anything like that.

Do you think the eye infection just went to long and infected the whole eye?

 

[Huny]

Ok, I am thinking this might be coryza (?) I am still having chicks stating to get it when they are weak or newborn. I disinfected the brooders but I think I didn't kill it. Anyone tell me more about this?

 

[dlhunicorn]

I have not seen you mention any symptoms of respiratory distress or smell (which would be present with coryza)...
Please read this article... and please give the polyvisol (for the A mainly) as vit A deficiency is quite common in combination with several of the disorders discussed :
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS031
Eye Disorders of Poultry

 

[kennedyscochins]

I have chickens with the same problem. They are 10 weeks old. my suggestion is to take the sick chicks out from the others. Add duramycin powder (terramycin) to their water. I add it to the healthy chickens water too just in case. Also apply terramycin eye ointment to the affected eyes. Hope this helps!