Swollen eyelid and swollen flesh around eye

[ChirpyChick]

What was your dosage for your chicken? I've got a welsummer doing the exact same thing and I see you gave her 1/2cc but was that once or twice a day?

Also did you notice the ointment doing anything for here before the antibiotics?

It appears I will be making my way to TSC tonight to pick up some Tylan 50...

Thank you

 

[chicken pickin]

I did give her 1/2cc once a day. I was told to do it for 5-7days so I did it for 6 days. Im not sure if the ointment was helping as I was doing it at the same time so I just continued to do both just in case. Good luck with your chicken. Let me know how it goes.

 

[ChirpyChick]

Thank you for replying so quickly!



Monday, July 9, 2012 @ 7:00pm ^



Wednesday, July 11, 2012 @ 8:30am ^


Did your BR start off like this? Also did you treat the rest of your flock or did anybody else show signs of this? I'm thinking I'm going to give a small dose (maybe 1/4 cc or the 1/10cc?) just to be safe with the rest of them?

 

[chicken pickin]

She started off exactly like that. I only treated her and she is doing great no signs of reswelling or sickness since. And no, no other chicken ever showed any symptoms at all.

 

[NoSleep4mommy]

Hi, thanks for this thread about a swollen eyelid. My red star hen has a swollen eyelid, though not a swollen as the birds above in the thread. She cannot open it, I suspect from injury as there are no bubbles, puss, etc. I just noticed it yesterday when I noticed her eye seemed irritated with a few tiny little spots on it that looked like scabs, and today it is worse, the scabs are gone, but she is now lethargic and not moving around much. I found her sleeping on the floor of their little coop by herself while the others were milling about pecking and finding bugs this evening.

All I have here is Calumet and triple antibiotic ointment. I put some ointment in her eye and she opened it and tried to use it for a few moments, I suspect it was temporarily relieved by the ointment. I got her to eat a little yogurt, a couple of mealworms, and some water with nutra-drench vitamins in it.

I am not sure if there is something else going on or if she is dehydrated and hungry from not being able to find her way around. Any thoughts would be helpful. I suspect I will go to TSC first thing in the morning to pick up the other medication suggestions from this thread.

Thanks, Anne in Oldham County KY

 

[kathy006]

Could you please tell me were you got Tylan from as I am trying to get hold of it but I can only seem to find it in the USA and I'm in the uk ? Thanks

Just keep an eye on it. My one pullet started with these same symptoms, then 2 days later got bubbles in the eye, so at that point i knew it wasn't just a peck to the eye. I actually gave Tylan over 5 days and everything cleared up nicely.

 

[kreagerm]

I actually buy mine at a store called Tractor Supply here in the states, but I'm sure you can find it online.

Matt

 

[christier]

Where is tsc my chicken is having the same problem

 

[easterchickenz]

I have the same problem with my banty. I just purchased the medicine last night from TSC and am not sure how much I should administer to her (since she is a banty)?

 

[Peedy-FatStack]

Hello, I know this thread is old but I have a similar issue with one of our young hens. I am fairly certain her eye injury was caused by pecking by her buddy who turned out to be a rooster and I had caught him pecking at her head and body the same day I noticed her eye was extremely swollen and puffy along her eye bridge and it caused her eyelid to droop a bit but after several days the swelling disappeared . The past few days I have noticed the swelling starting to slightly come back and now notice lower eyelid drooping with some bubbles in it. I applied the terramycin ointment tonight and am wondering if there is somthing else I should do? Will she need oral/injectable antitbiotics?