Yellow Mass in eye socket

[TinyBirds]

Did anything work? I had one like that too, but culled it since the mass just came back after I removed it.

 

[Bramlett Bantam]

Has anyone removed a mass like this? Getting ready to do it myself. Do I push it out in between lid and eye or do I have to lance the swollen area and remove? Will start topical medicines and injections tomorrow, if my feed store has them. If not, I will order from Jeffers. Thanks, Everyone!

 

[Bramlett Bantam]

Our rooster, Rooty, was in a fight and got this infection. Because of the information I found here on this blog, I just pushed the puss out of one eye that wasn't hard or swollen, yet. I massaged the other eye which is considerably swollen and hard. I will continue to work on it over the next couple of days and work the hardened pus out, little bit by little bit. I have put topical gel on both eyes and will monitor. We used antibiotics but it didn't cure the whole infection. So, glad to know that I can get the pus out. Fair warning...it is a two person job, the chicken won't like it and it is so gross. I would describe it as squishing boiled egg yoke out of the chickens eye. Disgusting, but the rooster looked relieved. thanx Everyone

 

[Bramlett Bantam]

Did you ever try to remove the pus pocket?

 

[MelissaTXRn]

What ever happened?

 

[xxxhanayi]

my hen has this right now ... well, HAD (the yellow mass popped out of her eye socket & it seems like her eye is no longer there since i can't see her eyeball D:
my hen eats/drinks fine & she has been in my house for about a month since i discovered her eye infection.
as a college student with limited funds, i couldn't afford to get her medically treated so the mass in her eye kept growing & it finally popped out tonight.
her other eye is still in tact, but it's been watery, & there would be days where it would stay closed & other days were it would open a bit ... but her other eye is still there.

i came on here to try & figure out what was the yellow mass was because i had no luck a month ago.
i still don't have any idea what it was or what was wrong with my hen, but she is sleeping now & ate a huge dinner

 

[newtoallthis]

Purchased 3 baby silks Friday that were 2 & 4 days old and today is Sunday. I wet a q-tip & soaked the outside of the 2 day olds eye Friday night at 9pm because they were SWOLLEN shut with infection, (I bought them from a friend sight unseen...uhmmmm yea,.... not again!!!) .... hard yellow slim popped out along with a yellow hard pus ball the size of a single piece of corn (which was twice the size of it's eye mind you ....ouch!) It was gross! Thought the eye didn't develop and was popping that out...... Thank God it wasn't!!! That (1st) silk died on Sunday (today) because it moved too far from brooder light Saturday night and couldn't see to get back. I tried warming it up Sun. morning but it was too late & it died in my hands that were wrapped in a heating pad on low. Sun. morn. (same day) the 2nd silk showed symptoms of it so I quarantined it instantly. It too had a "tiny" yellow hard pus ball removed from it's eyes and then it seemed relieved. I gave 2nd sick and 3rd healthy chick a "TINY" dose of "Doxycycline" which is used to treat bacterial infections in humans. I shaved off what would be a lick of medicine to a human and put it in water and hand fed it to both of them using my fingernail. The sick one was foaming bubbles at the mouth and gasping for air as if the illness was not only clogging their eyes and swelling their face but also blocking off nasal passages and the esophagus pipe. I told my daughter that if the baby can last atleast an hour it had a fighting chance. 4hrs later the eyes were dry (not weeping yellow mucus) and it was breathing normal with happy tweets. I new then it had to eat or it will die. I watched the healthy chick who also had a dose of antibiotics for precaution eat 3 x's that little piggy lol (think that king of the hill is rooster) while the 2nd sick chick only drank what I forced it too from the nail on my finger and drops. Now it's been 11 hrs and I just cleaned sick chicks eyes again and it was hardly nothing. They are still closed from discomfort but it looked at me and talked to me after cleaning them as if saying "Help"! So sad! I Nicely but force able I fed it plain yogurt mixed with more antibiotics. Then plain scrambled egg which was too hard to do until I mixed it with the yogurt and it became sticky so the chick couldn't just spit it out it had to swallow. Then water and it was happy to get the water. Then it rested for 20 mins and I did it all again. Took my 2 hrs just to do this. I put in a warm place 45 mins ago but must check/feed it all night. I'll do my best but at this point if it's not eating/pooping and if I can't get enough food in it I know it's not going to make the night because it will be too weak. My point is that I do not know what is going on with these chicks eyes but I do know it's contagious, it's not pleasant, it's gross and that "Doxycycline" is working on this bacterial infection. I wish I had pics but as my name states I am "new to all this" and I was too busy fighting to save the little peeps life that I didn't have time to snap any. Sorry! If I can find this post again I'll update the end results.....Good Luck Everyone!!!

 

[newtoallthis]

Answering as before for future referance: Today my chicks where on antibiotics for 24 hrs and healthy chick is healthy and still seperated and sick chick is atleast not contagious anymore Thank God!!! Healthy chick is a eatin, lovin machine cause it's lonely.... . Sick chick can now see, not perfect by far but atleast see something! It was pruning itself earlier today and it ventured out to investigates it"s box! Yea!!! It willfully will only drink and eat from my nail as it's so young and I guess learned to depend on me to survive.? Not that I mind lol.... I could use a little buddy lol! However so far the treatment is working..... Hope this helps someone in the future.... ! I'll update as I can & post pics eventually.... Best wishes to you and your birds to who ever reads this thread.

 

[chickmommy1985]

Keep us updated on your chicks!

 

[cd3farm]

What happened with these chicks?