Rooster Eye Injury

[OzarkChooks]

This afternoon I noticed my rooster was standing with his eye shut. I caught him and opened his eyes, it looks like a small piece is missing. How can I treat this? Ointment? Irrigation? Will he be blind in this eye?

 

[My Bagurks]

I would irrigate it. If you have some antibiotic eye drops, they have helped me in the past. Tobramycin is the kind I used. I can’t tell what the actual injury is though. The eye almost looks deflated.

 

[MysteryChicken]

This afternoon I noticed my rooster was standing with his eye shut. I caught him and opened his eyes, it looks like a small piece is missing. How can I treat this? Ointment? Irrigation? Will he be blind in this eye?

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Looks like an abrasion, very minor. Flush with a saline solution, & apply Terramycin eye ointment, or Plain Non Pain Relieving Triple Antibiotic Ointment if you don't have the Terramycin.

 

[OzarkChooks]

It's hard to tell in the photo because he was not entirely cooperative. But it looks like a small hole. How long should I keep ointment in his eye?