Puffy eye

[alcarl]

Back in August we had a bout of respiratory issues due to me being a new chicken tender and practicing poor biosecurity. We treated the flock (20 hens) with Tylan powder at 2000mg/gal sole drinking supply for 5 days and everything cleared up. About a week ago we had one hen start getting a really puffy eye and another hen with some discharge from one eye. We did another round of Tylan and it hasn't seemed to help. The one with the puffy eye is the one that was hit the hardest 2 months ago and we kept in the house for a week (her name is now homechick). On good days she can open it and there doesn't seem to be any discharge, on other days it's swollen completely shut.

Should I just treat with Terramycin? I've seen others here mention it but TSC only has it for dogs. Any other recommendations?

She's a 5 month old Golden sexlink. The other hen with the crusty eye is from the same batch of 6 but the rest seem to be doing fine. Some of the older ladies had a little cough but not much more.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you get a photo of the eye?

If there's pus in the eye, it will need to be pressed out in order for it to heal.
General care is to flush with saline, press out pus, apply eye ointment like Terramycin in the eye 2-3 times a day.

 

[alcarl]

No pus in that one but another hen does have some. I took them both to the vet Friday. She diagnosed Coryza and prescribed Albon for 7 days.

 

[Eggcessive]

Does the face stink? Coryza stinks pretty bad, I have read. MG can also cause a swollen eye with pus. Did the vet press the pus out? The ointment and antibiotics may not heal the eye unless the pus is expressed.

 

[alcarl]

I originally thought it was MG which is why I did the round of Tylan. I have not smelled them but I will tonight. I'm working on the pus, going to have to swaddle her tonight so she doesn't scratch up my wife like last time

I will say that the puffiness in the other birds has reduced since starting the Albon so I'm hoping we are headed in the right direction.

 

[Eggcessive]

This video of removing the pus is graphic, but shows the procedure well:

 

[alcarl]

@Eggcessive Thanks a ton for the video, it was very helpful. We were able to remove the pus from her eye. I swaddled her in a towel and told my wife "hold her beak and close your eyes"