Hen has bubbles in her eye! Please help!

[JustBabyMargo]

Update: All clear. She gets to go back with her friends!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Guess who’s doing great! Thank you everyone for all your help!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Okay so tonight her eyes got a bit more bubbly. I’m guessing this is why. She has feathers growing on her eyelid! And her muffs are constantly poking and getting into her eyes because they are growing in after her molt. She is still not acting sick at all and was scratching her eyes earlier. It just looks so uncomfortable. She was sleeping so that’s why her eyes look squinted!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

@Eggcessive do you think it’s just from her muffs growing in?

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Update: Both eyes have a bit of foaminess but it comes and goes. It’s about the third day and there is still no signs of nasal anything and she is still acting like normal Pumpkin. She is constantly being the most dominant girl and putting the others in their place (especially the rooster!) and cleaning herself. There has been no sign of weight loss or her not eating and she went to bed with a full crop last night.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

@azygous @Wyorp Rock do you think you could help me?

 

[azygous]

Foaming eyes can have a benign cause most of the time. Dirt often can get in the eye and irritate it. When I notice a chicken with a bubbly eye, first thing I do is flush the eye with a bottle of cheap Walmart "Dry Eye Relief" saline drops. That almost always cures it.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Foaming eyes can have a benign cause most of the time. Dirt often can get in the eye and irritate it. When I notice a chicken with a bubbly eye, first thing I do is flush the eye with a bottle of cheap Walmart "Dry Eye Relief" saline drops. That almost always cures it.

Okay thank you! But you don’t think it looks like MG?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

No. I don't think it's MG.
You found a feather stuck to her eye. Once you removed that it was resolved.

She has a lot of feathers around her eyes. Trimming the feathers and cleaning the eyes regularly as mentioned in previous posts should help keep her more comfortable and the eyes less irritated.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

No. I don't think it's MG.
You found a feather stuck to her eye. Once you removed that it was resolved.

She has a lot of feathers around her eyes. Trimming the feathers and cleaning the eyes regularly as mentioned in previous posts should help keep her more comfortable and the eyes less irritated.

Okay thank you!