One Eye Shut

[melaniemariecl]

Hi all...I'm new here and new to raising chickens. I purchased 4 pullets (3 red sex links and 1 black sex link) from a reputable guy...very clean living conditions and not an overcrowded area. They've been here since Saturday. I haven't been noticing any bullying, although there does seem to be an alpha...this morning I noticed the alpha has 1 eye closed and I tried to check her out and couldn't get her to open it. There is no infection around the eye and it's clean. Any thoughts?

 

[gilmoujr]

I had a bantam pecker and it pecked the eye of one of the other bantams. It was closed for about 3 or 4 days. I thought she had been blinded but she finally opened it up.

 

[dawg53]

They are establishing the pecking order, they'll figure it out amongst themselves since you mentioned she's the alpha pullet. There'll be some bumps and bruises, maybe a little blood along the way. Like the previous poster mentioned, wait a few days and maybe her eye will open. If not, the concern might be debris in her eye or the onset of a bacterial infection. Then you can boil 1 cup of water with 1 level teaspoon of salt, let it cool. Then flush the eye with the mixture. Then put a little neosporin ointment in her eye to prevent infection.

 

[melaniemariecl]

Thank you both for your responses...I will keep a watch over them.