My neighbor has an older flock, many of the chickens are 7-8 years old and she's starting to see weird ailments.
One of her hens is suddenly blind as of yesterday. There were zero symptoms prior to yesterday. She took her hen down from the perch and she started to walk into the back of her legs repeatedly. She checked both eyes and there doesn't seem to be any response with either eye. Any ideas what could cause this or how to treat it?
The other hen she's treating right now has canker if that could somehow be related but so far that hen has been the only one with canker in her mouth (she's being treated with antibiotics), the blind hen doesn't have any signs of canker or any other symptoms that she has noticed.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Pictures of the blind hen in question.
One of her hens is suddenly blind as of yesterday. There were zero symptoms prior to yesterday. She took her hen down from the perch and she started to walk into the back of her legs repeatedly. She checked both eyes and there doesn't seem to be any response with either eye. Any ideas what could cause this or how to treat it?
The other hen she's treating right now has canker if that could somehow be related but so far that hen has been the only one with canker in her mouth (she's being treated with antibiotics), the blind hen doesn't have any signs of canker or any other symptoms that she has noticed.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Pictures of the blind hen in question.