What is going on with my girl and how do I treat it? Need to go to TSC in a little bit so can get stuff then but need to know what and how. Was fine yesterday and saw this today. See no nasal discharge, no sneezing that I have heard
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Thanks. I haven't gone in the coop to try to catch her yet since I noticed when out with my puppy. No sneezing seen, no sign of mites or lice that I have noticed ( was checking a different one yesterday at vent area to see if close to laying and saw nothing). Haven't added any birds. Got mine as day olds and they are 23 weeks.I see some irritation around the eye, it may be from her scratching it. There's some swelling of the sinus as well.
I would get some saline, flush the eye, press to see if any pus comes out and put some Terramycin eye ointment in the eye. If you can't find Terramycin, then you can use original Neosporin.
Have you checked her for lice/mites, any other symptoms like wheezing, sneezing? Look inside her beak for canker or lesions.
Have you added any new birds recently?
Thanks. She was fine last night. No other signs of illness. Others that came up to run sides seemed fine. I was out with my puppy and it was just me. If I leave the puppy he finds something to get into so couldn't go in and look yet. Will get stuff then check her. She is one of my more shy ones so harder to catch to check.Sorry I was posting after @Wyorp Rock already posted. Using the saline and Terramycin are pretty standard for any eye problem or possible respiratory disease symptoms. MG or mycoplasma is one that can be common in some backyard flocks and cause a sinus infection. If symptoms get worse, you could order Tylosin to put in just her water here:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/
Hopefully, it won’t get any worse.
Thank you!Go ahead and use the Terramycin. You can get saline later if there is eye drainage or gunk. I use human eye wash from Bausch and Lomb, about $4-5 at Walmart or Walgreens drugstores. I would get the Tylosin just to have if it is affordable. Tylan or tylosin is useful in respiratory infection and in enteritis in chickens. It is good to have around, since antibiotics are hard to come by in feed stores.
https://www.bausch.com/ecp/our-products/otc-ophthalmics/advanced-eye-relief-eye-wash