Pullet keeps closing her eye for prolonged periods of time

[4Urbanchix]

Hello chicken community, I have an 8 wk old black Australorp pullet who keeps closing her eye for prolonged periods of time. When I first noticed it I thought she was sleeping but then she started walking around with her eye still closed. She was completely fine this morning and I feel bad for her because she is never aggressive and is just a really nice girl. He has been acting normal with the other chickens, she doesn’t fight or anything like that. She does normal things like eating grass or searching for bugs in the ground but with her eye shut. She only opens it when she gets startled

 

[4Urbanchix]

Should I be worried? What can I do?

 

[ladybrasa]

She’s fine every other way? Are you able to see her eye and see if there is any redness, discharge, or obvious injury? You could always try flushing with saline. That shouldn’t hurt anything and might flush out any debris like if she has an irritant in there.

 

[4Urbanchix]

She’s fine every other way? Are you able to see her eye and see if there is any redness, discharge, or obvious injury? You could always try flushing with saline. That shouldn’t hurt anything and might flush out any debris like if she has an irritant in there.

Yeah she’s still acting like herself. I will try to flush it out. Can I use any saline?

 

[flumpus]

My pullet is doing the same thing. Did yours get better?

 

[4Urbanchix]

My pullet is doing the same thing. Did yours get better?

Yes! The next day she was all better. I hope yours gets better too