Puffy eyes and bubbles

If it is a bacterial disease, such as mycoplasma, then antibiotics can be effective (specifically tetracyclines like doxycycline, and tylosin). If it is a virus, such as fowl pox, there is no treatment (other than supportive care or prior vaccines to prevent) and antibiotics would only treat secondary infections if there are any, or help prevent them, like the eyeball of my rooster.

Yes, the state sends testers to your house and they take blood samples of each bird and put a little metal band around their ankle.

I definitely recommend reading the Lisa Steele blog post on fowl pox, it is extremely helpful and the pix look like your birds.



Here is a pic of my hens eye with suspected fowl pox, where she has a few bubbles:

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Here is a pic of foaming/bubbles associated with mycoplasma (it can be much worse than this pic):
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Picture Source: Deer Run Farm, one of the only backyard hatcheries to test for mycoplasma
Ahhhh okay thanks, the bubbles where not that bad as in the second picture, just a tiny bit in the corner.
 

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