Weepy closed eye.

[Crazychocolatedog]

Hi, I just noticed that one of my chickens has some kind of inflammation around it’s a eye. The eye is watering. I flushed it out and gave it some medicated eyedrops. Anyone else have had this problem before? You name it , I have had it in my flock over the last two years.
I clean my coop and my run every day. It’s dry. Secure. Not crowded.
.. 3 hens
Let my chickens free range in our fenced yard, change the water daily, they have plenty of room I just don’t understand why these things keep happening to me.
Seriously thinking of giving up.

 

[casportpony]

Is a vet an option?

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your chicken. A swollen eye with bubbles sometimes can be a sign of MG or mycoplasma. Is there any evedience that she may have been pecked or stung around her eye? If not, I would try to get Tylosin or a similar antibiotic that treats MG from your vet or online to treat her in her water. Keep her separated in a crate or pen where she will be the only one to drink the treated water.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/

Here is some reading about MG which can be common in some backyard flocks and wild birds, and which may become symptomatic if stressed:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

 

[Crazychocolatedog]

Let me just say this....last time we had an issue....took me forever to even find a vet to see my “exotic “ pet. $200 to walk in the door.
After 2 different vets, and $1,000.00 ...then I still lost my chicken....and they had NO clue. I won’t do it again.
not here in Boston. ...of we had a farming vet I’d have more confidence. . All these did was run blood test and guess.
so...no more for me.
~ hoping to find some kind soul here that can help me.
I think it’s mycroplasmia.

 

[Crazychocolatedog]

Sorry about your chicken. A swollen eye with bubbles sometimes can be a sign of MG or mycoplasma. Is there any evedience that she may have been pecked or stung around her eye? If not, I would try to get Tylosin or a similar antibiotic that treats MG from your vet or online to treat her in her water. Keep her separated in a crate or pen where she will be the only one to drink the treated water.
https://www.jedds.com/shop/tylan-soluble-100-g/

Here is some reading about MG which can be common in some backyard flocks and wild birds, and which may become symptomatic if stressed:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf

I think so too. She isn’t a meat bird and won’t be eaten, and she hasn’t laid eggs for months,...so I gave her oral Baytril. Small dose because I have to look up the correct dose again. She weighs 7 pounds.
i Think it’s too late to separate her.