Help? Infection?

[paigemcc]

Hi! I noticed one of my Easter eggers eye is swollen. I can’t tell if she got injured or if she has an infection or both. She’s acting normal, eating and drinking. I have zero idea how to treat and where to start.

We do not have a chicken vet nearby so that is not an option, I will need home remedies.

Thank you!

 

[Blue Andalusian]

Hi! I noticed one of my Easter eggers eye is swollen. I can’t tell if she got injured or if she has an infection or both. She’s acting normal, eating and drinking. I have zero idea how to treat and where to start.

We do not have a chicken vet nearby so that is not an option, I will need home remedies.

Thank you!

Same problem with my chicken! She got better tho, is is almost like somethings sticking the eye together, so the eyelis are sticking to each other?

 

[dawg53]

There appears to be an injury on the left side of her eye in the second photo. It's possible she mightve been pecked by another bird, causing the swelling and watering of the eye.
Flush her eye with saline solution, gently pat dry with tissue. Then apply plain Neosporin to the left corner on the outside of her eye, then a small amount of Neosporin in her eye. Repeat only Neosporin treatment once a day until healed.

 

[cocosandy]

Get some Denaguard to have on hand. There is a generic of it too. Its on Amazon. You put it in the water and it covers upper respiratory and colds, which often looks like this. If its an injury, the denaguard will not hurt. You can actually use it monthly in the water to prevent colds and upper respiratory. For an injury, tey to source some Terramycin eye gel. They used to have it on ebay. you may be able to find some. If worse comes to worst, you can use Neosporin in and around the eye. Just get the original without the pain killer in it.

 

[bravecoconut]

For an injury, tey to source some Terramycin eye gel. They used to have it on ebay. you may be able to find some.

I got some on Amazon! Check there too.

 

[cocosandy]

Thanks! Its also good for dogs etc...generally for eye injury or other problems.

 

[dawg53]

Denagard aka Tiamulin treats only Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) in poultry. MG is extremely contagious to other birds and there are more visible symptoms than an infected eye.
Birds infected with MG are carriers for life and the disease is passed through the egg to chicks if they survive.
MG infected flocks must be quarantined; no new birds in, no birds to be sold or given away. It's best to cull the flock, disinfect everything including inside the coop, feeders/waterers, roosts, nest boxes etc...
The disease stays in the environment for 3 days due to the lack of a cell wall around the bacteria. It would be best to wait one month before repopulating with new birds.
Sometimes birds can have two respiratory diseases at the same time such as Coryza and MG. Coryza has similar symptoms as MG but with a foul odor around the head area. It's best to cull, sick birds wont lay eggs much less eat or drink.

 

[cocosandy]

But besides all of that 'kill all of your chickens' stuff. If its treated, they do OK. I don't think that most people will do an "all out" with their pets. Nothing prevents people from trying it if MG or coryza is suspected...often a swollen eye or two is enough. Treating would not hurt anything. Denaguard also works well in conjunction with Tylan injectable, if you're able to get that. You can do a monthly drench to prevent MG, otherwise known as the chicken cold.

 

[dawg53]

Treatments are ongoing as birds are stressed in many ways and symptoms reappear. Antibiotics treat symptoms but do not cure the disease(s). Sick birds dont lay eggs.
Chickens dont get colds, they get a specific disease.
Practicing strict biosecurity with a flock is the way to go in preventing diseases.