Eyes problems

[Alexander2000]

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[chicksonline]

@Hen Pen Jem will be able to help you.

Thank you!!

 

[Alexander2000]

Thank you!!

Hope your chickens will be fine also go to the local feed store and ask them for help.

 

[chicksonline]

Hope your chickens will be fine also go to the local feed store and ask them for help.

We don’t have one we buy it of the internet

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Terramycin ointment may help.

 

[Alexander2000]

Make sure there fresh and not moldy.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My chickens eyes have crusted over and we’ve had 2 of our usual eggs today!!
Some chickens have 2 eyes crusted some only have one and some have none but I need to know what’s wrong.
My dad keeps saying it’s dust but that dosent justify the egg drop so I feel like there’s something more.
We have cleaned most of there eyes with just water and a cloth and appear to be normal just a bit foamy.
I will attach pictures but I just need to know what’s wrong so I can research and what I can do to help!

Looks like you are dealing with a respiratory disease. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
Mycoplasma, Infectious Bronchitis, Infectious Coryza and ILT are fairly common.
I would separate the sick birds so you can treat them easier and monitor them to see that they are eating/drinking.
Flush the eyes with saline and apply an opthalmic ointment like Terramycin. You can try antibiotics like Tylan50. Dosage is .20ml per pound of weight given 2-3times a day for 5days.(give it orally)

Keep in mind that antibiotics only treat secondary bacterial infections and are not a cure-certain diseases are caused by viruses and won't respond to antibiotics. Respiratory illnesses make birds carriers of the disease even if they recover. The members of your flock that never show symptoms of illness will also be considered carriers since they have been exposed. If you happen to lose a bird, send the body to your state lab for confirmation of which disease you are dealing with.

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

Greetings chicksonline,

I am looking at the pictures you submitted. Can you tell me what the black substance is on three of the chickens? The naked neck has it on part of her neck, the polish also around the eye, and the black hen has some that appears to be starting between the beak and the eye.

This almost looks fungal to me.

Can you tell me more, by answering these questions?

1. Are the chickens, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, have labored breathing?
2. Is there any discharge coming from the nostrils? They look dry
3. Are the chickens, eating and drinking normally?
4. Is the poop normal, or diarrhea?

Next, what medicines do you have available to treat the chickens?

As Wyorp Rock suggested, you should separate those affected chickens.

This is not dust! Till we can figure out what this is, you should start providing good supportive care. For these chickens that will start with separating them, someplace safe, with food and water.

Next, fill a bottle with some warm saline solution. Get a clean wash cloth for each of the hens. Don't use one cloth for them all.

Restrain the hen by wrapping it well in a towel.

Then, moisten the cloth and gently pat the eyes, and clean them. You'll have to do this everyday, maybe twice a day. These warm compresses will be soothing and cleansing for the birds eyes.

Open the chicken's eye and apply the Terramycin eye ointment (or Neosporin without pain reliever in it), on the lower lid of the chickens eye, after it is clean. When the chicken blinks the ointment will spread over the eyeball. Careful not to poke the eye.

Then let me know what the black substance is on the skin. If this is fungal, antibiotics won't help.

I hope this is helpful.

God Bless

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

Here is how to make saline solution at home.


Making saline solution :

• Get a clean storage container and mixing utensil. Either wash them in the dishwasher or boil them for 5 minutes.
  
  
• Use 1 quart (4 cups) of distilled water, or boil 1 quart of tap water for 5 minutes. (Do not use well water or sea water.)
  
  
• Add 2 teaspoons of table salt.
  
  
• Mix the water and salt well until the salt is completely dissolved.
  
  
• Cool to room temperature before using.
  

Saline solution can be stored at room temperature in a tightly covered glass or plastic bottle. You can keep it for up to one week. Always label it and include the date.

Use for flushing eyes, wounds or the cloaca/rectum, after egg removal.


If this is fungal, the saline solution will help inhibit the growth.

 

[chicksonline]

Greetings chicksonline,

I am looking at the pictures you submitted. Can you tell me what the black substance is on three of the chickens? The naked neck has it on part of her neck, the polish also around the eye, and the black hen has some that appears to be starting between the beak and the eye.

This almost looks fungal to me.

Can you tell me more, by answering these questions?

1. Are the chickens, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, have labored breathing?
2. Is there any discharge coming from the nostrils? They look dry
3. Are the chickens, eating and drinking normally?
4. Is the poop normal, or diarrhea?

Next, what medicines do you have available to treat the chickens?

As Wyorp Rock suggested, you should separate those affected chickens.

This is not dust! Till we can figure out what this is, you should start providing good supportive care. For these chickens that will start with separating them, someplace safe, with food and water.

Next, fill a bottle with some warm saline solution. Get a clean wash cloth for each of the hens. Don't use one cloth for them all.

Restrain the hen by wrapping it well in a towel.

Then, moisten the cloth and gently pat the eyes, and clean them. You'll have to do this everyday, maybe twice a day. These warm compresses will be soothing and cleansing for the birds eyes.

Open the chicken's eye and apply the Terramycin eye ointment (or Neosporin without pain reliever in it), on the lower lid of the chickens eye, after it is clean. When the chicken blinks the ointment will spread over the eyeball. Careful not to poke the eye.

Then let me know what the black substance is on the skin. If this is fungal, antibiotics won't help.

I hope this is helpful.

God Bless

The black on the naked neck is just her colouring as she’s not a true one.
I hasent noticed the black on the chicken and I have no idea what it is! And the solkie also has black skin
I will try to do everything you have said but it’s quite hard as my dad does no beilve in all this and says they are just chickens and don’t need special treatmeant
I have no idea what medicines are available as I have had nothing like this so haven’t had to look