Paula321
Songster
Two weeks ago we had a hen with eyeworm that we wormed and had to debride the eyeball. She recovered.
A week ago this hen woke with a massively swollen head. Her eyelids had no running puss but there was yellow under them that was like soft globs under the tissue of her eyelids. That seems to have drained to her cheeks. Note the yellow skin. Her head seems less swollen barely. The first day, she seemed miserable. After that day she never seemed sick.
This is not like hard cheesy pus. It is soft and all mixed throughout her whole face under the skin, though it seems much less than before on her eyelids.
We had meat birds we processed two weeks ago. We also live on a lake w water fowl, and turkeys are everywhere in my neighborhood. I rarely see them in my fenced yard though anymore because of my dog. I live in central Florida.
I’ve kept her segregated completely since day one. I wormed her because the other hen had eyeworms. I’ve given .7ml of Baytril 2.5 twice a day for a week now 2x per day. She weighs 3.4 lbs. I’ve also used erythromycin eye ointment 2x per day. I’ve used vet rx under her wings off and on. She is an EE.
She has a great appetite and doesn’t seem sick other than her swollen head. I’ve kept her completely segregated in my bathroom with daily walks outside and far from my yard- changing my clothes to keep this from the flock in case it is contagious.
Any thoughts on what this could be? It doesn’t seem to be going away after a week. She has never laid an egg and 10 months old so I can’t use that metric to see if she is improving.
A week ago this hen woke with a massively swollen head. Her eyelids had no running puss but there was yellow under them that was like soft globs under the tissue of her eyelids. That seems to have drained to her cheeks. Note the yellow skin. Her head seems less swollen barely. The first day, she seemed miserable. After that day she never seemed sick.
This is not like hard cheesy pus. It is soft and all mixed throughout her whole face under the skin, though it seems much less than before on her eyelids.
We had meat birds we processed two weeks ago. We also live on a lake w water fowl, and turkeys are everywhere in my neighborhood. I rarely see them in my fenced yard though anymore because of my dog. I live in central Florida.
I’ve kept her segregated completely since day one. I wormed her because the other hen had eyeworms. I’ve given .7ml of Baytril 2.5 twice a day for a week now 2x per day. She weighs 3.4 lbs. I’ve also used erythromycin eye ointment 2x per day. I’ve used vet rx under her wings off and on. She is an EE.
She has a great appetite and doesn’t seem sick other than her swollen head. I’ve kept her completely segregated in my bathroom with daily walks outside and far from my yard- changing my clothes to keep this from the flock in case it is contagious.
Any thoughts on what this could be? It doesn’t seem to be going away after a week. She has never laid an egg and 10 months old so I can’t use that metric to see if she is improving.
