Help! What's this in my Orpington's eye?

[Teila]

I am interested to know how she is going also?

It looks similar to 'cherry eye' which my dog had once.

Cherry eye is a disorder of the nictitating membrane or third eyelid. Cherry eye results from a defect in the retinaculum with is responsible for anchoring the gland to the periorbita and the defect causes the gland to prolapse and protrude from the eye as a red fleshy mass.

However, I have no idea if this happens in chickens also

 

[Westmarch]

Nugget and her mystery eye ailment are exactly the same today. She still seems to feel fine, although she seems to have lost a bit of weight. I'll try to get a new picture of her eye tomorrow. It's amazing to me that NOBODY knows what this thing is, including all of the chicken-keeping oldtimers I know!

I've also been monitoring our other chickens in case the mystery ailment is contagious.
Everyone else appears fine.

 

[Eggcessive]

The more that see your picture, the better the chances of getting an answer. Holp you find it.