Silkie with eye problem???

[joe17]

Clean it out with pure saline wash. Mine came in a can and I put it in an eye dropper to flush the silkies eye. After I do that, I put some neosporin. Many people say it works better than the terramycin cream and its a lot cheaper.

 

[JPHorvath]

My guess is she lost her eye from being pecked. If you open the lids is there still a intact eye?

I have one hen she lost her eye from being pecked. You stated bubbles coming from eye that reminds me of her shortly after incident.

 

[feliciamckee]

So far, about the same. We have only been putting the ointment in there for a couple of days now. I am worried that it could be something else. I have one small hen that has a runny nose and sits isolated alot. I also have one that is sneezing. I read on one of these posts on here that all of these different symptoms (including runny eyes) could be CRD it think it was. I resperatory disease. Each chicken just has a different symptom. I hope and pray it is not. I am going today to get some antibiotic to put in their water. The best thing would be for it to only be an eye infection and not something worse.

 

[dawg53]

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If you were dealing with eyeworm, your silkie would be scratching her eye alot. If the ointment treatment isnt clearing the eye up, it's most likely a respiratory problem and could spread to the rest of your flock.

 

[feliciamckee]

My silkie is actually scratching his eye. I haven't heard of eye worm...I will have to look that up. Does that make their eye look bubbly?