NewAnconaMomma
Hatching
- Jul 31, 2017
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I know this is a chicken website, but I have been doing all kinds of research and am all out of ideas. I just got 10 ducklings that were born the week of july 16th thru july 22nd, 2017. All were extremely healthy except for one. I noticed he/she had an eye that looked irritated and was draining some fluid. I am a major animal person so of course wouldn't turn him down. It didn't look so serious at first, but it has progressively gotten worse. I mentioned it to the person I got it from because they have raised ducks/chickens for many years. Their idea which they've done before and have saved their birds was seperate it from the other ducklings. For 24 hours have it only drink bleach water mixture which is 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 oz plain bleach and a gallon of water. Then after 24 hours have them drink 16oz of gatorade in a gallon of water. It drank some, not a lot, but some of both and no change has been made. Tonight I looked and he keeps keeping his eye shut all the way, but is able to open it. It looks like his eyelashes or feathers above his eye are touching his eyeball. I don't know if that's what is irritating it or if he has an infection. Please help with any ideas for treatment. He's one of my favorites. HELP SAVE DADDLES!