Weird looking eye...

[backyardmenagerie]

I posted this yesterday in a different section, and nobody replied, so I guess I'll try it here.

I have a rooster with an eye that looks weird. It's like the pupil covers the top half of the eye ball, and the color portion is on the bottom. He's a nice roo, but I'm wondering if he'll pass this characteristic on. I don't believe he has sight on that side (though he seems to be able to spot me well enough and comes running over for treats

) and I'd hate to produce a new generation of half blind offspring. Any ideas on what causes this and if it's genetic?

 

[backyardmenagerie]

So I take it no one has seen this before?

I guess I'll see what he produces, then, and hope that he doesn't pass it on.

 

[TeamChaos]

Any way to post a close up of the eye?

 

[backyardmenagerie]

Does this help? I can take more pictures if need be.

 

[cecilia1959]

I think this roo is blind it that eye. I have had mine get into a fight and loose a eye and it looks like that. Just love him. He is pretty.

 

[TreeHugger]

Have you had him since he was a chick or did you buy him this way as an adult? My "guess" would be that is an old injury and nothing genetic.

 

[backyardmenagerie]

I bought him as an adult, so it could be an injury. I know he was shown as a cockerel... so I guess at some point his eye must have been normal. I just thought it odd that it doesn't look damaged, it looks like the pupil and iris are just in the wrong places.

 

[Britney]

It doesn't look like the normal eye worm, but maybe someone else that knows about eye worms could look at it.

 

[FoodKillah]

cross eyed?