Swollen eyelid

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I can’t figure out what happened. I don’t see any open wounds, I don’t see any signs on injury on her at all… her eye is just suddenly super swollen with a foamy eye. What do I do? What even is it?

 

[Starrponies]

I'm not sure what's exactly causing it. Could be peck injury or mites/bugs. Vetrycin works good on eyes. I had a girl with a peck injury and after a few days of spraying morning and night it was gone. Her eye was close to that big. If it's bugs I didn't know. Haven't had that problem yet.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I'm not sure what's exactly causing it. Could be peck injury or mites/bugs. Vetrycin works good on eyes. I had a girl with a peck injury and after a few days of spraying morning and night it was gone. Her eye was close to that big. If it's bugs I didn't know. Haven't had that problem yet.

I have been checking my flock for bugs every couple days (quite paranoid about that lol) but I haven’t checked her lately, I’ll check her when I go out tonight and I’ll get some of that tomorrow when I’m out!

 

[Starrponies]

You might have to separate her if the other flock mates keep pecking it. I don't know why but when they see something wrong with the other. It's peck time

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

You might have to separate her if the other flock mates keep pecking it. I don't know why but when they see something wrong with the other. It's peck time

She is currently separated I have her in my integration pen. I don’t see any irritation so I don’t think anyone was pecking it thankfully

 

[Starrponies]

Thread 'Swollen eye - not sure what else to do' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/swollen-eye-not-sure-what-else-to-do.1618631/

 

[Eggcessive]

I would suspect that she has a respiratory disease and sinus infection. Swollen eyelid and eye bubbles/foam can be a sign of MG (mycoplasma gallisepticum.) Tylosin powder in the water which you can get online can treat symptoms. Dosage is 1 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. Other drugs, such as Denagard, oxytetracycline, and others can treat as well. Clean the eye and apply some antibiotic ointment to the eye a couple of times a day. Terramycin or Neosporin are good. Have you added any new birds recently? MG can be spread by carriers and wild birds.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I would suspect that she has a respiratory disease and sinus infection. Swollen eyelid and eye bubbles/foam can be a sign of MG (mycoplasma gallisepticum.) Tylosin powder in the water which you can get online can treat symptoms. Dosage is 1 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. Other drugs, such as Denagard, oxytetracycline, and others can treat as well. Clean the eye and apply some antibiotic ointment to the eye a couple of times a day. Terramycin or Neosporin are good. Have you added any new birds recently? MG can be spread by carriers and wild birds.

I can’t get anything antibiotic here we can only get it through vet prescriptions which is 100$+. Are there any alternatives?

 

[Eggcessive]

You can make homemade saline or buy some at a pharmacy to irrigate the eye twice a day. Then apply plain Neosporin/Triple Antibiotic/or Terramycin Eye ointment into the eye twice a day. If there is gunk or swelling try to remove that. She may get better on her own, or she could have a secondary infection. Do you have a feed store where farm animal injectable antibiotics such as oxytetracycline or LA200 are sold? That is sometimes used for treatment of MG. Post 1 in this thread has a dosage:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/miracle-la-200-dosage-and-vetrx-for-crd-treatment.631458/

 

[GlicksChicks]

If it is a respiratory issue, which I believe you would hear, try Vet-R-X, you can get it on Amazon.

Does her breathing sound weird, is there gunk in her nose, can she breath with her mouth shut?

Try listening to her breathing by putting your head to her chest and see if you hear anything that can signify trouvle breathing like rattling, rasping, or clicking.