Swollen around eye and eye shut. Thoughts?

[Abigail Joanna]

 

[M Brennen]

Any other symptoms like sneezing or trouble breathing?

 

[Murple]

I had a mega scare with that last year. I gave her vet RX ($6 at Home Depot) under her wings, and changed the bedding. Turns out this one chicken was sensitive to the ammonia from their own droppings. I chucked her (well not literally) into my sick chick house (which is just a starter coop where I let sick ones rest) and she was good in three days. The chicken I had was a female Easter Egger, 2 years old, one eye was swollen shut, no other symptoms.

 

[Abigail Joanna]

Any other symptoms like sneezing or trouble breathing?

No other symptoms.

 

[Abigail Joanna]

I had a mega scare with that last year. I gave her vet RX ($6 at Home Depot) under her wings, and changed the bedding. Turns out this one chicken was sensitive to the ammonia from their own droppings. I chucked her (well not literally) into my sick chick house (which is just a starter coop where I let sick ones rest) and she was good in three days. The chicken I had was a female Easter Egger, 2 years old, one eye was swollen shut, no other symptoms.

It's time to clean the coop. Hopefully that's it!

 

[Murple]

It's time to clean the coop. Hopefully that's it!

I hope so too! I was 14 then and tried to convince my mom to let me stay home from school , in retrospect I think perhaps I was a little over concerned...
I do recommend the Vet RX stuff though, it is a little miracle worker on my hens! And the rooster too. Good ol Corn the roo

 

[M Brennen]

I have a 5 year old Orpington with a bit of a swollen eye lid and no other symptoms also. No yet as bad as this bird in question. Good luck.

 

[Eggcessive]

Swollen eye can be a sign of a respiratory disease such as mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG,) coryza, and sometimes other bacteria such as E.coli as a secondary infection or from something like a peck wound or foreign body infection. Is there bubbles or pus in the eye? Do you notice a bad odor from the face? I would flush the eye with saline and try to get any pus out of the eye. Then apply Terramycin eye ointment or Triple Antibiotic Ointment twice a day.

 

[Abigail Joanna]

I hope so too! I was 14 then and tried to convince my mom to let me stay home from school , in retrospect I think perhaps I was a little over concerned...
I do recommend the Vet RX stuff though, it is a little miracle worker on my hens! And the rooster too. Good ol Corn the roo

Corn, lol! Cute name.