Thanks! One of my biggest worries is infection. He's a healthy bird, however, so he will probably pull through.
Greetings Poetastic,
You are right to worry about infection. The same thing happened to one of my roosters. The eye did get infected, then, a secondary infection set into his respiratory system. I hear about eyes healing on their own, all the time on BYC. And I suppose anything can heal, but I also know things can also go bad, very quickly.
I don't leave anything to chance. I clean wounds, and apply antibiotic till healed.
A chicken can live with one eye, but first, it has to survive infection. And given the environment that chickens live in, the odds are on the side of bacteria.
These are my thoughts on your rooster's eye; I hope they are helpful.
God Bless