Rooster with TERRIBLE eye issue!! *Pictures*

[Altairsky]

I can't help you but if he gets really bad, I would think about incubating a few eggs so if I lose him I can keep one of his sons. His sons hopefully will be as good as him.

 

[AlexisWheeler]

I can't help you but if he gets really bad, I would think about incubating a few eggs so if I lose him I can keep one of his sons. His sons hopefully will be as good as him.

That's great advice. I actually was thinking about that last night and have a few I can start incubating now

 

[RossAcres]

Just a guess, but maybe he got a piece of shavings or grass stuck in there? I had a bird get a tiny piece of shavings in the corner of his eye, and it swelled up like this. I flushed the eye, pulled the piece out, and gave eye ointment. With it being this swollen, you may not be able to see the foreign object. Try using a syringe with saline to flush out the eye.

 

[AlexisWheeler]

Just a guess, but maybe he got a piece of shavings or grass stuck in there? I had a bird get a tiny piece of shavings in the corner of his eye, and it swelled up like this. I flushed the eye, pulled the piece out, and gave eye ointment. With it being this swollen, you may not be able to see the foreign object. Try using a syringe with saline to flush out the eye.

Thank you for your reply! When I took him to the vet she flushed his eye out and checked and said there wasn't anything foreign in his eye.
I'm really at a loss of what it is since it hasn't spread to any others either.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I've seen posts where the vet missed a deeply embedded foreign object in their hens eye.

 

[Altairsky]

That's great advice. I actually was thinking about that last night and have a few I can start incubating now

One of my hens has a growth near her eye
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...e-a-mycoplasma-carrier.1617161/#post-27625936
It's a benign tumor similar to a lipoma but it's slowly growing. I considered surgery but surgery on birds can be dangerous and it certainly is stressful and traumatizing so as long as it's not bothering her she will keep her growth.