Pullet with extremely swollen eye! Help needed!

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Poor thing.
Check out the pictures here, @campingshaws did a good job of documenting when she dug the pus out of her bird's eye.
Nasty eye infection (pics)

I’m checking it out now thank you for linking it.

 

[Kiki]

Do you think that’s what the pullet has?

You boss could have samples sent it here for testing:
http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/ahdl/

http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/ahdl/sample/

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You boss could have samples sent it here for testing:
http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/ahdl/

http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/ahdl/sample/

Sample of the pus? Or would the pullet have to be put down?

 

[Kiki]

Sample of the pus? Or would the pullet have to be put down?

Depends.
Sometimes blood samples, sometimes a swab of the throat.
You'd have to call them to find out.


My guess would be some type of Mycoplasma disease. I hope your boss isn't into selling birds, she should NOT do so anymore.
http://extension.umd.edu/sites/exte... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Depends.
Sometimes blood samples, sometimes a swab of the throat.
You'd have to call them to find out.


My guess would be some type of Mycoplasma disease. I hope your boss isn't into selling birds, she should NOT do so anymore.
http://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

Uh oh
This pullet is from a previous batch of chickens and the new ones are kept in a separate stall.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

What should I do post pus removal for the pullet?

 

[Kiki]

Uh oh
This pullet is from a previous batch of chickens and the new ones are kept in a separate stall.

This is why testing to confirm what she has is extremely important.

 

[Kiki]

What should I do post pus removal for the pullet?

Are you familiar with how chicken diseases "work"?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

This is why testing to confirm what she has is extremely important.

What should I do if she doesn’t want it tested?
Maybe I should buy the pullet and bring it to the University by my town and see if they can help

 

[casportpony]

Sample of the pus? Or would the pullet have to be put down?

Contact this place:
http://www.zoologix.com/avian/Datasheets/PoultryRespiratoryPanel.htm