Eye issue

Sarasarasara222

Songster
7 Years
Nov 13, 2017
108
56
157
I have noticed that my chicken's eye is half-closed so I kept looking and saw that her eyelid looked flat or swollen and the eye was teary. I will attach a photo below. She is acting and behaving normally, over here it is warm weather and I've just begun to put electrolytes in their water on hot days, would this be the potential issue?
 
95D43630-09E9-4ABE-A008-A5ADA1E53259.jpeg
 

Attachments

  • D3FF3105-9938-4EB9-9370-50D4DC57B617.jpeg
    D3FF3105-9938-4EB9-9370-50D4DC57B617.jpeg
    481.9 KB · Views: 7
  • C2BDFA6A-6386-4412-9579-1208FEA9CB9E.jpeg
    C2BDFA6A-6386-4412-9579-1208FEA9CB9E.jpeg
    440.7 KB · Views: 6
It's possible she may have gotten debris in the eye. Flush it with saline solution, then apply a small dab of antibiotic ointment in her eye. Here, we use Terramycin eye ointment, or over the counter ointments such as Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic ointment. Use as needed.
I also recommend trimming the feathers and fluff around her eye. It's possible fluff or feather might be irritating her eye. I've had to trim fluff from Easter Eggers due to eye irritation.
Have you noticed any head shaking, eye scratching, turning her head and wiping her eye on the right side of her body? If so, it could be eyeworms. However you'll be able to see them in her eye. They are white in color and about 1/8th inch long.
If there are other symptoms such as sneezing, wheezing, head shaking, facial swelling, runny nostrils...it could be the onset of a respiratory disease.
I'm covering all the possibilities but I suspect it might be debris in her eye or a feather irritating her eye.
 
It's possible she may have gotten debris in the eye. Flush it with saline solution, then apply a small dab of antibiotic ointment in her eye. Here, we use Terramycin eye ointment, or over the counter ointments such as Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic ointment. Use as needed.
I also recommend trimming the feathers and fluff around her eye. It's possible fluff or feather might be irritating her eye. I've had to trim fluff from Easter Eggers due to eye irritation.
Have you noticed any head shaking, eye scratching, turning her head and wiping her eye on the right side of her body? If so, it could be eyeworms. However you'll be able to see them in her eye. They are white in color and about 1/8th inch long.
If there are other symptoms such as sneezing, wheezing, head shaking, facial swelling, runny nostrils...it could be the onset of a respiratory disease.
I'm covering all the possibilities but I suspect it might be debris in her eye or a feather irritating her eye.
She did seem to have trouble breathing when I pick her up but I wiped her eye with a tissue wet with saline solution and it looks like it has gotten better
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom