Silkie Eye Trouble

[Cyber]

There is a Silkie chicken in my flock called Loongu. She's beginning to get old, I think she's at least 6-7 years. (She's the chicken in my profile picture)

Recently, when I picked her up, I noticed that one of her eyes had gone cloudy, and was a milky white. She didn't seem to be able to see out of it. Her other eye was fine, and she seems to still be able to go around her day with no noticeable struggle. She doesn't seem to have sustained any visible injury/

Is this just a result of her aging, or could something more dangerous be the cause?

 

[sourland]

It sounds as if she may have developed cataracts in that eye.