tommypickles
Hatching
- Nov 24, 2021
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I have 4 silkie hens, 1 silkie rooster, 1 polish hen & a polish rooster.
One of my grey silkie hens has a very swollen closed eye with some bubbly discharge and a very swollen, scabby head.
I clean out the coop fairly regularly and spray with an anti lice spray and dust down with DE. I can't seem to see any mites on her, but I could try taking a closer look.
All of my other birds look completely fine apart from the hen that she spends all her time with. This one is no where near as bad, but does look a tiny bit scabby around the eye.
She seems somewhat lethargic and weak and her excrement seems very runny and watery. She doesn't seem to be sneezing or wheezing, but her head is definitely irritating her.
I would really like to help her recover but also protect the rest of my flock. I'm quite new to having chickens so I don't really have a clue what I'm dealing with here.
This evening I attempted to gently clean the eye with saline and also managed got her to eat some feed with some drops of ivermectin on.
Any help would be really appreciated, Thank you
One of my grey silkie hens has a very swollen closed eye with some bubbly discharge and a very swollen, scabby head.
I clean out the coop fairly regularly and spray with an anti lice spray and dust down with DE. I can't seem to see any mites on her, but I could try taking a closer look.
All of my other birds look completely fine apart from the hen that she spends all her time with. This one is no where near as bad, but does look a tiny bit scabby around the eye.
She seems somewhat lethargic and weak and her excrement seems very runny and watery. She doesn't seem to be sneezing or wheezing, but her head is definitely irritating her.
I would really like to help her recover but also protect the rest of my flock. I'm quite new to having chickens so I don't really have a clue what I'm dealing with here.
This evening I attempted to gently clean the eye with saline and also managed got her to eat some feed with some drops of ivermectin on.
Any help would be really appreciated, Thank you