Its Time To NAME THAT EYE PROBLEM!!!Update: PG 11 bottom of Post #101

[The Wolf Queen]

Oh GOD!!! I was looking in my other juvenile coop (Totally different cage) and one of THOSE birds has it! Now im thinking that maybe they got a peice of wood shaving or dirt in that eye or an allergy. Also both his and her eye have slightly swelled and her eye's bubbles look sorta like puss . Could it just be an eye infection? NOW im panicking. HELP!!! Plus none of the other birds in either pen have it and I seperated those 2 and put them together in a dog crate. HELP!!!

ETA: Oh and where his lid droops the skin or whatever underneath is YELLOW!!! Like a egg yolk or maybe puss!!! Should I give them something like ornarcycline or something that LURKY recomended that sounds like Sumelt or something like that??? HELP

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Still need help here. Please IM REALLY FREAKING OUT!!!!!

 

[pips&peeps]

Do a google search on coryza, infectious bronchitis, mycoplasma and infectious laryngotracheitis.

 

[WriterofWords]

I'm sorry I wish I could help, but I send you best wishes for a good resolution!

 

[The Wolf Queen]

OK I was looking at a disease guide and the only one that said foamy eyes and swollen sinuses was MG

. Those are symptoms both of the birds have plus on the male the droopy eyelid and it looks like there is puss or something under his eye were his eyelid would be if it weren't droopy. Anyone think I'm wrong or right? Also is MG contagious and can it be fixed? I have no idea. All I know is that Ive had one since day 3 and the roo I bred myself and none of my breeding flock has it. PLEASE TELL ME THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ALLERGIES OR SCRAPED EYES from their bedding (shavings)

 

[threehorses]

The next few days, wait to see if you smell a smell. Is there any nostril involvement?

Try to rule out Coryza and see if you can:
http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/page22.htm

Many respiratory illnesses (which your birds do have one) are treatable with a small number antibiotics like Baytril (vet prescribed), Tylan injectable (water use isn't as effective according to some pretty experienced folks), and or LS50.

Really if you have birds getting ill in bulk, you need to take one to a vet or an agricultural extension guy (or call one and ask how to get a live bird tested) and have their exudates tested in a culture and sensitivity test.

They'll tell you exactly which bacteria and exactly which medicine. It's way cheaper than losing a lot of birds and starting over again. Then you won't be wasting time and money and lives on the wrong meds.

And since some of the diseases that have those symptoms are vertically transmitted (they pass from hen to egg to chick) then you need to know.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

To three horse the only symptom for corzya they have is the bubbles around their eyes. There isn't any sneezing wheezing nasal discharge or really bad smells yet thankfully. Tomorrow my mom is going to see if she can take off half day and take them to a vet for testing (so I wont stop crying and so I can find out that "their fine its just a cold"). Everyone please prey and hope for me that it is nothing serious. I'm a teen and have been working on this project and getting just the right birds all summer (yeah not the longest period of time I know but HEY I just got my flock last year). I'm trying to start my own breed even. So yeah my whole project might have just been flushed

. I'm miserable right now. Oh and did I mention all my mom can do is yell at me for worrying to much and forgetting a chore and I quote her "GROW UP ITS NOTHING SERIOUS!!!" I need a hug. She cares absolutely zilch about my project. She always thinks its easy to take care of chickens and it will always get better. IT DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT! LIFE DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!

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[Jameberlin]

I've heard Newcastle disease can cause lower eye-lid swelling and cunjunctivitis... though i'm skeptical that that would be the first symptom to show.

My advice is to take them to the vet, they'll help you sort it out.

It can be really discouraging when a fledgling project goes awry, i know, but remember that birds get and transmit diseases very easily. Their immune systems can be quite fragile and unfortunately dealing with sick chickens is part of being a responsible owner. I'm sorry you're dealing with this, i know it's stressful and depressing to think there might be something terribly wrong with your birds. Take a deep breath, clear your head and take comfort in the fact that after you take them to the vet you'll have some answers and very probably a good plan of attack.

Don't let this discourage you too much, things usually aren't as bad as they seem.

Good luck!

 

[dlhunicorn]

It should be an avian vet...
The minute you notice such with one of your birds you should separate from the rest... that way it is easier to see other symptoms.
ETA: You should FLUSH that eye out with a sterile saline solution (your mom will know about this > if you cant get the proper commercial eye wash from a store then you can make your own by boiling a half tsp. salt in a quart of water for five minutes > make sure the bird does not swallow any of it) then use an opthomolic AB cream (your mom probably knows how to put the cream in the eye and the "pus" you noted will probably come out then > this is a good thing as it will not go away of its own accord in a bird)
Give three drops of POLYVISOL enfamil (no extra iron) formulation childrens liquid vitamin in the beak once a day for a week then taper off the next (stop if your vet gives vitamin A medication which they very well might do as vit A deficiency is associated with most things causing eye problems)

 

[Southernbelle]

One of my birds started out like that - swollen eye, just on the bottom, tiny bubbles in the corner... It went away within 24 hours, but then she started to sneeze and even with quarantines, it slowly spread through my flock. I called the state vet to test for me and it came back MG.

Contact your local ag agency and see if you can get a state vet out there to test your birds. It was free for me. No point in panicking until you know what you're dealing with

Hoping for good news for you