Respiratory disease or injury? Advice needed!

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The past few weeks have been hectic with my mixed flock. First it was my chick with a leg problem, then my guineas chasing hens, then my toms were constantly fighting, then I had a raccoon problem. I’m hoping this is the last problem I have for a while. I recently posted something regarding my rooster with a very swollen eye. I didn’t get much input on that thread so I did what I could for him but I’m worried that it’s getting worse. A little backround.. about a month ago I noticed worms in some poop. I’m not sure who it came from, but I decided to treat my whole flock to be safe (treatment worked, no more worms). Then I noticed what seemed to be pox on most of my chickens, but didn’t see any signs on my turkeys. Everyone was acting pretty normal so I just gave them probiotics and vitamins in their water. My rooster seemed to have it the worst, but I couldn’t tell if it was pox or not because he did have frostbite on his comb which looked similar. (The frostbite has seemed to heal fine as of now). I noticed around the same time that my roosters eye was started to look a little swollen.. nothing too crazy just half of his eye was closed, wasn’t very inflamed so I figured it was just a scratch in his eye and that it would heal. Everything from that point on was fine until about a week ago. I’m building them a new coop right now and with staying home I’ve had a lot more time to be out with them and take a closer look... but his eye is EXTREMELY swollen now. We had coons break into the coop about a week or two ago (hence why we’re building a new, more secure coop..) but I wondered if he tried to fight them off and got injured on his eye.. I grabbed him yesterday and cleaned it, I noticed a lot of discharge (it wasn’t cheesy pus, basically just eye boogers that we’re clear/pale yellow/white). His eye also looks so swollen that it seems like his eye is completely rolled back into his head. (No pupil when it’s open, just white eyeball) I I heard him sneeze yesterday so I’m worried it’s something to do with respiratory disease. When we were cleaning his eye his breathing through his nose also seemed a little sticky. He’s been starting to act a little weird because he usually never leaves the hens sides while free ranging but the past few days he will find a comfy spot away from everyone else to lay down and pretty much fall asleep there while everyone is free ranging. I got most of the goo out from his eye and added triple antibiotic (polysporin) and rinsed with saline solution. I have a kitten with a bladder infection who I got liquid amoxicillin and Clavamox for so I gave him .6 ML (same amount as the cat). I also ordered this product called “Green Goo respiratory health” but I’m not sure exactly what it is or if it will help. Any advice would help because I’m not exactly sure what is wrong with him or if what he has could spread to the other birds.
1. What does this sound like it could be?
2. are there any antibiotics or remedies I can buy to treat him (and the whole flock to be safe)?
3. I have 18 chicks that I’m planning to introduce into the flock this weekend.. is it safe or should I wait until rooster is completely healed?
thank you in advance, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Hoping this is the last of the health issues. The picture of him INSIDE was before I cleaned it. The one of him outside was this morning.You can see his eye has that yellow goo, but it’s wet now.
 

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He likely has a respiratory infection. He will need to be on an oral antibiotic. If you have enough of the amoxicillin to give him for ten days total, that would be wise.

The other thing you need to do is to remove the pus from his eye. The eye is under all the pus, and the pus is preventing it from healing. Here's a video showing what you need to do. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sinus-infection-removal.1328808/

Or you can press the pus out of the eye by putting pressure on the swollen tissue and press the pus toward the outer edge until you get it all.
 
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He likely has a respiratory infection. He will need to be on an oral antibiotic. If you have enough of the amoxicillin to give him for ten days total, that would be wise.
Clavamox suspension for cats and dogs is only 50 mg amoxicillin & 12.5 mg clavulanic acid per ml. A 6 pound rooster will need at least 3.5 ml twice a day.
 
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The chicken dose is much higher than the kitten dose. How much does he weigh?

If he were mine I would buy some Baytril and give 0.05 ml per pound of body weight orally twice a day.
https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10
https://ladygouldianfinch.com/product_baytril.php
He’s a bigger rooster. Probably about 15 pounds. I figured it wouldn’t be enough. My kitten is only 4 pounds so it’s a big difference. Where can I buy Baytril?
is there another antibiotic that I can buy and add to their water? I’d like to treat the whole flock to be safe.
 
He likely has a respiratory infection. He will need to be on an oral antibiotic. If you have enough of the amoxicillin to give him for ten days total, that would be wise.

The other thing you need to do is to remove the pus from his eye. The eye is under all the pus, and the pus is preventing it from healing. Here's a video showing what you need to do. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sinus-infection-removal.1328808/

Or you can press the pus out of the eye by putting pressure on the swollen tissue and press the pus toward the outer edge until you get it all.
I saw a video like this and initially thought this is what I’d have to do. I was being pretty gentle so maybe I didn’t see the thick pus.. I really only saw eye boogers.. not really anything thick like that
 

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