Swelled eye

[ClumsyUzi]

One of the chicks I have has a sweled eye. There's this yellowish liquid in it too. Kindly take a look at the picture attached.

 

[Isaac 0]

The area appears to be infected; also suggestive of such is the yellow pus you're seeing, which is likely present beneath the underlying tissue. For proper healing, the pus, and caseous material must be removed. Preferably, that would be done at a vet office under analgesia, if needed, and anesthetic, but some have performed such surgery at home with good success.

Here is a link to an article regarding sinus infection removal:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/sinus-infection-removal-in-a-peafowl.75364/

If you proceed with that treatment, antibiotics, such as Enrofloxacin would be indicated afterward. Eye swelling can be related to respiratory diseases such as Coryza, or Mycoplasma Galliseptucm, if the epithelium surface was comprised in some fashion (pecking/injury), foreign bacteria from the environment may have started to colonize in the tissue.

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As an additional note, you may try to soak her feet in warm water and gently pry loose the poop balls on her toes. If accumulation persists that can result in tissue damage.

 

[Myrshine]

In my experience and research, it looks a lot like Infectious Coryza. Coryza is a bacterial infection of poultry, affecting all different species of birds. Infectious Coryza is known for it’s foul smelly cheese smell that comes from the face, mouth or nares, followed by thick harden pus to form in the sinus cavities, creating a “swollen bulging like eye”. Infectious Coryza infected birds may or may not have thick sticky yellowish colored discharge from the nares or eyes. This disease is most commonly by being exposed to new or other carrier birds. Coryza is a chronic disease meaning, that you can treat or have the symptoms go away, but whenever the bird gets stressed again, the symptoms will keep coming back or get worse. All “recovered” like birds, remain lifetime long carriers of the Infectious Coryza bacteria, spreading and shedding it through their feces, feathers, dander, respiratory secretions and other bodily fluids. This is a lifetime disease of poultry and is incurable. Since Infectious Coryza is a bacteria, antibiotics can help keep symptoms at bay until next time. I personally don’t recommend you treating with antibiotics unless you have a proper diagnosis of which specific respiratory disease you’re dealing with. There’s a reason why most farm stores are pulling antibiotics off the shelves, it’s because people aren’t getting their birds tested through their state of agriculture or university. Overuse of antibiotics also creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria, making the disease worse than before. I suggest treating with safe natural organic remedies and get your bird tested. It’s critical in poultry to get sick birds tested to find out which specific disease they have. Please don’t jump to antibiotics like everyone else says without a proper diagnosis.



Here’s more information about Infectious Coryza:

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/disease-guide/infectious-coryza

https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/2019/11/25/infectious-coryza-in-chickens/

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/infectious-coryza-could-be-a-concern-for-poultry-owners

I hope this helps! Good luck!

 

[Isaac 0]

In my experience and research, it looks a lot like Infectious Coryza. Coryza is a bacterial infection of poultry, affecting all different species of birds. Infectious Coryza is known for it’s foul smelly cheese smell that comes from the face, mouth or nares, followed by thick harden pus to form in the sinus cavities, creating a “swollen bulging like eye”. Infectious Coryza infected birds may or may not have thick sticky yellowish colored discharge from the nares or eyes. This disease is most commonly by being exposed to new or other carrier birds. Coryza is a chronic disease meaning, that you can treat or have the symptoms go away, but whenever the bird gets stressed again, the symptoms will keep coming back or get worse. All “recovered” like birds, remain lifetime long carriers of the Infectious Coryza bacteria, spreading and shedding it through their feces, feathers, dander, respiratory secretions and other bodily fluids. This is a lifetime disease of poultry and is incurable. Since Infectious Coryza is a bacteria, antibiotics can help keep symptoms at bay until next time. I personally don’t recommend you treating with antibiotics unless you have a proper diagnosis of which specific respiratory disease you’re dealing with. There’s a reason why most farm stores are pulling antibiotics off the shelves, it’s because people aren’t getting their birds tested through their state of agriculture or university. Overuse of antibiotics also creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria, making the disease worse than before. I suggest treating with safe natural organic remedies and get your bird tested. It’s critical in poultry to get sick birds tested to find out which specific disease they have. Please don’t jump to antibiotics like everyone else says without a proper diagnosis.



Here’s more information about Infectious Coryza:

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/disease-guide/infectious-coryza

https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/2019/11/25/infectious-coryza-in-chickens/

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/infectious-coryza-could-be-a-concern-for-poultry-owners

I hope this helps! Good luck!

OP is from Pakistan, so while I agree testing is always the preferred route, geographical location does not always enable that to be a possibility. The majority of problems that would cause ocular swelling would benefit from antibotics, which would include MG, Coryza, or simply a bacterial infection such as E.coli, or Staphylococcus. Organic remedies are going to do little for such a bird, what's needed is surgical debridement of the area and antimicrobial therapy.