Sick Chick with Bubbly Eye Need Help

[Rileyr25]

So I have a two and a half months old chick, that a few days ago, she started showing bubbles in her eye, and has progressively gotten worse, to where she won't even open the eye that the bubbles were in now, and I need help on how to help her. I do not know of any other symptoms.
The pictures are of her bad eye and one of her normal one for reference.

 

[Wezdin]

@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @casportpony

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. Sorry about your chick. Sometimes those symptoms can be from a chronic respiratory disease called mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) It is spread by other chickens or birds, and can be passed through hatching eggs.

I would clean the eye with warm water and get the crust off, rinse out the eye. Eye wash from most stores is available for about $3. If you see pus, then remove it. Apply Terramycin Eye Ointment from a feed store, or plain Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic Ointment available in most stores twice a day.

An antibiotic that treats MG, such as Tylan, oxytetracycline, or doxycycline could be given orally. Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

 

[Rileyr25]

Welcome to BYC. Sorry about your chick. Sometimes those symptoms can be from a chronic respiratory disease called mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) It is spread by other chickens or birds, and can be passed through hatching eggs.

I would clean the eye with warm water and get the crust off, rinse out the eye. Eye wash from most stores is available for about $3. If you see pus, then remove it. Apply Terramycin Eye Ointment from a feed store, or plain Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic Ointment available in most stores twice a day.

An antibiotic that treats MG, such as Tylan, oxytetracycline, or doxycycline could be given orally. Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

How should I go about rinsing her eye out and putting the antibiotic ointment on?

 

[Eggcessive]

Clean the eye with a wet cloth or put a little eye wash into her eye and gently dab it. Open her eye with your thipumb and forefinger, and put a dab of ointment into the eye.

 

[Rileyr25]

Clean the eye with a wet cloth or put a little eye wash into her eye and gently dab it. Open her eye with your thipumb and forefinger, and put a dab of ointment into the eye.

Thank you so much for the help, her eye is looking slightly better after treating it this morning and I'll keep it up for the next few days to see if it keeps getting better

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know how she gets along. If you need the Tylan, you can find the generic tylosin powder available on Ebay.