Sudden infected eye ??

[AdrianeF]

Get some calcium into her.
You can find Calcium Citrate with D3 in the vitamin aisle of stores like Walmart, CVS, etc. Give 1 tablet daily, just pull down on her wattles, pop the tablet into the beak and let her swallow.

Look inside her beak, are there any lesions or canker?
Crop emptying?

I'm new to chickens, what is crop emptying?
I'll pick up some calcium tabs and give them to her. I do have oyster shells available to them and I know they consume them. But she's always been this way. I attributed it to her being new to egg laying but when you add then all up together ... definitely seems like it could be something else.

I still need advice on the oxytetracycline 200 that I have and dosage. I do not want to inject her, I'd much rather give it orally. If I read through some previous post correctly, the right dose is .1 cc for every lb of body weight. Someone else said they have their hen it orally by putting it on some bread and giving it to her. I'm hoping this will work for me too.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't know if you can give LA200 orally or not. Dosing is hard to nail down. This is the best answer I can give you for dosing.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/miracle-la-200-dosage-and-vetrx-for-crd-treatment.631458/

The crop is a pouch that hold food/water. It's on the right front side of the chicken. When they eat/drink, you will see a bulge and can feel it. The crop should be full by the end of the day and when they go to roost. The contents of the crop will be processed overnight and in the morning the crop should be empty/flat. Check to make sure the crop is empty in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink. If it's not empty, then you'll want to address that symptom.

 

[AdrianeF]

I don't know if you can give LA200 orally or not. Dosing is hard to nail down. This is the best answer I can give you for dosing.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/miracle-la-200-dosage-and-vetrx-for-crd-treatment.631458/

The crop is a pouch that hold food/water. It's on the right front side of the chicken. When they eat/drink, you will see a bulge and can feel it. The crop should be full by the end of the day and when they go to roost. The contents of the crop will be processed overnight and in the morning the crop should be empty/flat. Check to make sure the crop is empty in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink. If it's not empty, then you'll want to address that symptom.

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Got it. I've been holding her frequently the last few days and I've not felt a crop at all, at least not a large one like this photo, but perhaps I haven't been looking for it.
I'm heading to my feed store after work tomorrow and I plan to ask around about LA200 dosing information for chickens. But an old and very long feed I read said .1cc for lb of body weight so I guess I'll be bringing her into the house to weigh her too.
It seems like she's definitely got something more than just conjunctivitis based on her poo. It's green and watery. The first pic is one she took yesterday and the second was from today. Yesterday's poos were much more watery. Very green also but they do eat a lot of grass and plants. They've had watermelon and cranberries and spinach this week also.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If possible, take some samples of the poop in for a fecal float to rule out worms.

The poop doesn't look that great, but if she's not drinking or eating well, that could account for some of the color and consistency.

 

[AdrianeF]

Little update:
Been testing with oxytetracycline daily for 3 days. Giving her B12 and K as well as poultry cell. All the flock is getting probiotics and electrolytes. Been making mash for her and giving yogurt. She's perked up a lot more but still lethargic. Eyelid is still swollen although she is opening it now. Her eyeball (or inner eyelid) is completely white. Like stark white. Not grey or off white but bright white. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you get photos of the eye?

I'm glad she's doing a little better.

 

[AdrianeF]

Can you get photos of the eye?

I'm glad she's doing a little better.

I have a video and it's not letting me upload it. I wonder if it's an eye worm. She's still pretty lethargic but it doesn't seem as bad as before. Eye area is still very large comparatively but not as red as before.
Idk. I feel like I've been playing a week long game at chicken illness guessing. So stressful. So time consuming!!

 

[AdrianeF]

I have a video and it's not letting me upload it. I wonder if it's an eye worm. She's still pretty lethargic but it doesn't seem as bad as before. Eye area is still very large comparatively but not as red as before.
Idk. I feel like I've been playing a week long game at chicken illness guessing. So stressful. So time consuming!!

A screenshot of the video...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

For video, upload to youtube and provide a link, the BYC upload doesn't work.

Eyeworm is fairly rare in the U.S. where are you located (state?)

Looks like pus in the eye that needs to be removed.

 

[BastyPutt]

For video, upload to youtube and provide a link, the BYC upload doesn't work.

Eyeworm is fairly rare in the U.S. where are you located (state?)

Looks like pus in the eye that needs to be removed.

How would you go about removing that? Q-tip?