White stringy thing on chickens eye

[dawg53]

You can also get roundworms in the eye, I’ve seen it in mammals (blech!!!) and I didn’t know what I was seeing....various google sources say it’s possible in horses, cattle, dogs but very uncommon. A fecal float is a first step for sure.
It is of course possible to get junk in the eye, a feather fragment, thread or hair....I pulled a 4” white pine needle out of my dog’s eye once, it was all the way in and only a small piece was poking out of the corner, she showed no distress before or after

You are correct. Poultry eyeworm is a roundworm.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Oh, I hope you can get a pic of this thing!

 

[ellend]

There are You-Tube videos about poultry and eye worm, and how to manually remove them.

 

[aart]

Hey @KJB2105 ...any more info?