Help diagnose my Rhode Island Red

[Hawaii_chickens_808]

So it’s been a month and a half of this. Our neighbors weren’t taking care of their layers so we ended up adopting the last two. I originally thought she had eye worm in one eye so was told to use wormal capsules and eye cream.

We gave her and eye seemed to be getting better but the other eye got the same thing. Both eyes are swollen shut. It looks like her eye membrane has pushed her eye back and we can see a white layer underneath. She has runny nose and does a yawn thing with her mouth every so often. We’ve been using essential oils on her, feeding her fresh papayas and she’s doing much better but just worried if she’ll see again. If you guys had this or know what to do please help us get her healthy again..

 

[aligarysmom]

Infectious coryza? If they weren’t taking care of the bird. It’s a bacteria. Is there moisture under her wings ?

 

[Chickens like to peck me]

it looks like there is liquid coming out of the eye. you should keep her inside and take her to a chicken or bird vet. sorry I don't know more.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is there a bad odor around the face? This does seem like possible coryza, but MG or even E.coli bacteria can be possible. It is diagnosed with testing. The pus needs to be removed from her eyes with some warm wet compresses, saline to wash out the eyes, and pus may need to be pressed out or picked out with QTips or tweezers. This may be done over a few tries. They will need antibiotics to help with the sinus infection. Terramycin eye ointment twice a day may be helpful when eyes are cleaned out.They will be carriers for life. Tylan may be used with SMZ-TMP to treat coryza. MG may respond to Tylan 50 injectable given orally. Vet care would be ideal if available. Many poultry owners cull sick birds like this to keep the disease from spreading to other chickens.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is some reading about removing pus plugs from eyes:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nasty-eye-infection-pics.1071718/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-thought-it-was-fowl-pox-now-im-not-sure.1059806/

 

[Hawaii_chickens_808]

Thanks for your responses guys! There’s no smell. She’s never stopped eating or drinking during this whole time of sickness and eats a lot! After a month of being sick, she started laying eggs again but both eyes are swollen and closed. She gets super excited when the neighborhood wild rooster comes around

I really don’t want to do surgery on her but read about squeezing solid white substance out but how do we do this if the white thing is covered by what I believe is her eye membrane??

Our local feed store told us to use terramycin ointment and de-worm capsules with no success. We have been users of Essential Oils for the past five years and decided to use them. We’ve been using Young Living’s Oregano, Theives, RC, etc on her with the best response yet. But I noticed that the white solid thing under the membrane gets smaller for a week then get big again.

Any advice on how to push out the solid when it’s under the membrane?? I hope I’m explaining this ok thanks guys!

 

[Hawaii_chickens_808]

So update. Many of you suggested Tylan 50 injected into breast so we picked up from a local feed store.
We did 1/2cc twice a day for 4 days. This afternoon we came home and found a hard pus ball from her eye on the ground!! Whoohoo!!

Working on her other eye now but I was wondering how many days can I give her Tylan 50? Tonight will be the fifth day. Thanks

 

[Eggcessive]

I recommend give Tylan 50 injectable 0.2-0.4 ml per pound for up to 5 days for treatment of respiratory diseases, such as MG. If there is a bad odor, and it could be coryza, then adding a sulfa antibiotic, such as SMZ-TMP, also called bactrim, can be helpful. That may be found online, or you can get that or sulfadimethoxine from a local vet if they see her. Here is a link for the sulfa:
https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=10646

 

[Hawaii_chickens_808]

Here’s an update on our lil red. We brought her to a vet today and we watched them take the pus out her eyes. They used a q tip and some eye cream and popped it right out. Rinsed her eye with saline and we was on our way home! No cutting needed!! And they gave us Vetropolycin for her eyes and Fendendazole (a dewormer) for 5 days to get rid of any bad parasites, worms, etc. this is a vid a few hours after removing the pus from her eyes. So excited to see her moving around and eating on her own now that she can see. I hope this will help anyone that goes through this with their chickens.

P.S. sorry no vid of the removal. I was too busy freaking out lol

 

[Hawaii_chickens_808]

Thanks for your guys help!