Swollen under eye

[HumbleLifeHomestead]

Help please!

my 8 month old Easter egger started having this swollen eye with lots of pus on Friday. We have cleaned it out the best we can and an almost cheese like pus comes out. It is coming out of her nasal as well. None of the rest of the flock has anything like this. I am not sure what it is. She is still eating and drinking. Even got an egg yesterday. After we clean the eye and nose we applied some terramycin. Seems a little better, but is filling up with pus again. We are in the U.S. Also, she has been separated from the rest of the flock to be safe.

thanks in advance!

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your sick hen. Is there any bad odor from her face? Does she have any crackles or wheezes when she breathes? If she has a respiratory disease, it could be mycoplasma (MG,) or coryza, and sometimes a respiratory disease may be complicated with other bacteria such as E.coli. An antibiotic may be helpful to treat symptoms. Tylosin or Tylan for pigeons, doxycycline, and some other antibiotics may be obtained from a vet or online pigeon supply stores. Pus can be expressed from around the eye and cleaned out with saline eye wash. I would continue the Terramycin.

Testing can be done to identify the disease. Most respiratory diseases are chronic and can make other flock members carriers for life. Have you added any new birds to the flock in recent weeks? Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

 

[HumbleLifeHomestead]

Sorry about your sick hen. Is there any bad odor from her face? Does she have any crackles or wheezes when she breathes? If she has a respiratory disease, it could be mycoplasma (MG,) or coryza, and sometimes a respiratory disease may be complicated with other bacteria such as E.coli. An antibiotic may be helpful to treat symptoms. Tylosin or Tylan for pigeons, doxycycline, and some other antibiotics may be obtained from a vet or online pigeon supply stores. Pus can be expressed from around the eye and cleaned out with saline eye wash. I would continue the Terramycin.

Testing can be done to identify the disease. Most respiratory diseases are chronic and can make other flock members carriers for life. Have you added any new birds to the flock in recent weeks? Here is some reading about MG:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

no crackles or wheezing. No new members since July (they were quarantined for 30 days before being introduced). None of the other members seem to have anything like this going on. Her face just smells like a wound. I will pick up some antibiotics tomorrow and try them as well. I feel so bad. Literally came out of no where . Thank you for all the information

 

[Eggcessive]

You can get tylosin soluble powder here to put in her water here:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/

 

[HumbleLifeHomestead]

You can get tylosin soluble powder here to put in her water here:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/

thank you! I will give it a try

 

[HumbleLifeHomestead]

You can get tylosin soluble powder here to put in her water here:
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/

I ordered the powder the other day and it should be here by tomorrow. For the mean time I gave her some vetrx. I have now noticed that one of my other newer hens has foamy bubbles in her eye, another has a pale comb, and lastly one has a faint smell (like the one that has the swollen sinus that I started this thread for). The three that I just mentioned are the newest members we got back in August. All I can think is they brought this . If it is MG will I have to cull my whole flock? I have never experienced this before. One of my turkeys is sneezing and the other has the mucus stuff coming from her nose. This is quite devastating to me.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would close your flock to new birds, since it does sound like a possible respiratory disease is going around. No birds should leave the flock since they could pass on a disease. What state are you in? You could call your state poultry vet and discuss getting a few tested, or sacrifice a sick bird for a necropsy to find out what disease. Most people do not cull their whole flock for a disease, but some may cull sick birds or chose to treat them. Some diseases are reportable in certain states. A private lab, Zoologix, will perform testing on swabs they send to be collected to identify a disease. Here is their link:
http://www.zoologix.com/avian/Datasheets/PoultryRespiratoryPanel.htm
Contact info :
http://www.zoologix.com/avian/orderform.htm

 

[HumbleLifeHomestead]

I would close your flock to new birds, since it does sound like a possible respiratory disease is going around. No birds should leave the flock since they could pass on a disease. What state are you in? You could call your state poultry vet and discuss getting a few tested, or sacrifice a sick bird for a necropsy to find out what disease. Most people do not cull their whole flock for a disease, but some may cull sick birds or chose to treat them. Some diseases are reportable in certain states. A private lab, Zoologix, will perform testing on swabs they send to be collected to identify a disease. Here is their link:
http://www.zoologix.com/avian/Datasheets/PoultryRespiratoryPanel.htm
Contact info :
http://www.zoologix.com/avian/orderform.htm

we have several grow outs and eggs about to hatch that will have to stay separated until we figure this out. Thank goodness! My neighbor said our best bet would be to cull the whole flock and I almost cried. These are my girls (and a few guys lol)! We are in Texas and I am going to call in the morning and go from there. Hopefully they can do a test without “sacrificing” one of them. I would definitely prefer treating them if possible. I read that MG is treatable, but curable. Whoever has it will be carriers forever and give it to any new members?