Eye

[The Okie Chicken Lady]

Any idea

 

[Eggcessive]

I haven’t seen anything similar to that picture. It looks like the grayish area around the eye is the conjunctiva. Has she had any bubbles in her eye or any sneezing or other signs of a respiratory disease? Usually mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) can cause a sunken appearance to the eye, so that might be what is causing this, but I can’t be sure. MG symptoms can be treated with tylosin or a few other antibiotics, but it can remain a disease for life. Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

 

[The Okie Chicken Lady]

I haven’t seen anything similar to that picture. It looks like the grayish area around the eye is the conjunctiva. Has she had any bubbles in her eye or any sneezing or other signs of a respiratory disease? Usually mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) can cause a sunken appearance to the eye, so that might be what is causing this, but I can’t be sure. MG symptoms can be treated with tylosin or a few other antibiotics, but it can remain a disease for life. Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

Nope , I thought I noticed this when she was abt 3 months old just a little but she is now 5 months old. Could she have been injuries. She looks healthy no sneezing or anything. She talks and all

 

[Laura_BelgianBantams_63]

Wow! Never seen anything like that before. Better listen to @Eggcessive :great advice there! She looks so innocent with that eye thing!

 

[The Okie Chicken Lady]

Nope , I thought I noticed this when she was abt 3 months old just a little but she is now 5 months old. Could she have been injuries. She looks healthy no sneezing or anything. She talks and all

Is it deadly, or can she live happily

 

[The Okie Chicken Lady]

I haven’t seen anything similar to that picture. It looks like the grayish area around the eye is the conjunctiva. Has she had any bubbles in her eye or any sneezing or other signs of a respiratory disease? Usually mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) can cause a sunken appearance to the eye, so that might be what is causing this, but I can’t be sure. MG symptoms can be treated with tylosin or a few other antibiotics, but it can remain a disease for life. Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

Should I take her away from the other birds?

 

[Eggcessive]

Let me tag a few people who might have seen something like that. @dawg53 @casportpony @Wyorp Rock @azygous ?

 

[The Okie Chicken Lady]

To me it looks like

Should I take her away from the other birds?
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It also to me looks like it's the skin dropping and you can see the meat under

 

[azygous]

Curious. Is that skin or could it be pus exerting downward pressure on the facial tissue? It's not easy for me to get a good feel for texture from a two dimensional photo.

If you take a sterile Q-tip and gently wipe it over the white substance under the eye, does it come away with pus on the Q-tip? That will tell us if the white part under the eye is tissue or infection.

If it's tissue, and the hen is behaving normally, it might be assumed this is a genetic feature to this individual.

 

[The Okie Chicken Lady]

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Curious. Is that skin or could it be pus exerting downward pressure on the facial tissue? It's not easy for me to get a good feel for texture from a two dimensional photo.

If you take a sterile Q-tip and gently wipe it over the white substance under the eye, does it come away with pus on the Q-tip? That will tell us if the white part under the eye is tissue or infection.

If it's tissue, and the hen is behaving normally, it might be assumed this is a genetic feature to this individual.

Will check tomorrow but don't think it is puss. It's not wet looking.