Pullet with extremely swollen eye! Help needed!

[Kiki]

Not interested in doing that. I have a broody with chicks.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Ok so I tried to remove the pus from the pullet’s eye and ran into a bit of a problem...I’m not sure that it’s actually pus. The bumps are very hard almost like bone and when I move the eyelid I can see veins and tissue. I guess I was expecting some yellow pus but there was none and it was just tissue that was hard.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@KikisGirls any thoughts?

 

[Kiki]

Ok so I tried to remove the pus from the pullet’s eye and ran into a bit of a problem...I’m not sure that it’s actually pus. The bumps are very hard almost like bone and when I move the eyelid I can see veins and tissue. I guess I was expecting some yellow pus but there was none and it was just tissue that was hard. View attachment 1474711View attachment 1474712View attachment 1474713View attachment 1474714View attachment 1474715

O boy. It looks like she is blind, right? It looks like maybe the pus is under the skin. Or could it be a tumor??? I have no idea. @casportpony what do you think?

 

[Kiki]

Go back and look at post one...there was pus there...maybe it stayed in so long it turned to something??

 

[casportpony]

O boy. It looks like she is blind, right? It looks like maybe the pus is under the skin. Or could it be a tumor??? I have no idea. @casportpony what do you think?

I agree pus under skin or tumor. If it's pus it needs to be sliced open.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Go back and look at post one...there was pus there...maybe it stayed in so long it turned to something??

Maybe. I really tried to push the pus out but it wouldn’t budge and I didn’t want to hurt her.

Picture from when I started the thread

Recent picture of the same pullet

The swelling does seem to have gone done since I started the thread.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I agree. If it's pus it needs to be sliced open.

Oh boy. Well I have some problems...
1. I can’t bring her home to perform the operation (bio security and my mom would have my head) and
2. There really isn’t any place that is sterile enough to my liking at the farm where I could perform the operation
What should I do?

 

[casportpony]

It doesn't need to be that sterile. Did you see the episode of Dr. K where Dr. T did the sinus surgery outside at someone's farm. Episode is "Pain in the Beak"

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

It doesn't need to be that sterile. Did you see the episode of Dr. K where Dr. T did the sinus surgery outside at someone's farm. Episode is "Pain in the Beak"

Nope I didn’t see that but I will have to watch it now.
I would be really nervous to perform this surgery as I probably would have to do it by myself. The only area I can think of doing it would be on a dresser that probably hasn’t been cleaned since it arrived at the farm. There isn’t even soap in the bathroom so I have no way of washing up before or after surgery.