blind chicken

Hi all, about a week ago i noticed one of the neighborhood roosters in my yard with what appeared to be black gunk all over his head (my first thought was someone did something cruel and dumped something hot on him but honestly idk). he looked wretched, but at the time i was not intending to...

So this morning, my smallest chicken survived a hawk attack. She's 3 years old and I'm pretty sure she's now blind in her right eye, which I think is the eye that she used to see things up close. After being frozen for a few minutes, she started walking around. I threw her favorite food in...

Hello, I have a Blue Americauna rooster who is 10 months old. A couple of weeks ago, we noticed that he had gone blind from one eye. No sign of bleeding or injury. Just a discolored, swollen eye. However, as time has passed, the eye is bulging more and more. Today, it’s bulging a lot more...

I have a hen who is almost four. She has been a little slow the last month but seemed to be in good health. I noticed her going off by herself more but nothing too abnormal. Last night when I closed up the coop she was on one side alone and almost seemed blind.she ran into my legs and out the...

I wasn’t sure how to post a picture but the link below goes to a picture of the hens eye. I’ve never seen an eye look like this and her other eye looks completely normal. She is definitely blind or partially blind in the affected eye. I’m not sure if it’s an injury or if she is sick and could...

This morning I noticed my oldest hen Brownie who is 10 years old has a cataract in one eye and maybe something forming in her other eye otherwise she seems happy and healthy and neither eye seems infected but she is definitely not keeping up with the younger birds in my flock the way she used to...

I have 3 silkie chickens that were born in April, when one of them was a few weeks old I noticed his eye was bigger than the other. Nothing came of it though and no symptoms of any possible disease showed and he has grown to be a happy healthy chicken. He's a very nice rooster as far as...

Today I fed my chooks and everyone was fine, running around pecking at their food as they always do, not long ago got a call saying my old bantam hens head was twitching and she couldn’t walk properly and that she was just sitting on the edge of the water container, go out to check her myself...

This girl ended up from my neighborhood into my property , she has cloudy eyes and can partially see . I read online she might have an infection but not so clear on how to treat it or at least stop it if that's the case. I cleaned her eyes with a small syringe ( no needle ofcourse) and just...

Hi all! Bobbie our BCM hen contracted Mereks as a pullet. She has always had trouble eating, seeing, walking and grooming as a result. We were told that she and the chicks we got her with were vaccinated but all of them contracted Mereks and all but she and one other passed. She’s about 5 years...

My rescued broiler baby Snowy is blind from one eye. I have been observing for awhile now that her eye seems to be going inside. I've no idea what to do or if it's natural for a blind eye to do this. Any suggestions or people who have gone through the same situation, please do share.

I have a very sweet Golden Wyandotte hen that seems to have poor vision. She is smaller than the rest and seems to have no depth perception when trying to eat. She doesn't act sickly and is always lovey, but she's having trouble finding her way back to the coop at night. When she does, she...

Three days ago I noticed that my oldest hen named Brownie wouldn't/couldn't get out of the coop. She wouldn't use her legs. I thought she was dying (she just turned 9) and made her as comfortable as possible. Yesterday (day 3, stupid me) I checked her feet and it looks like bumblefoot. I need...

I currently have 4 hens. All of which are around 2 years old. I lost hen #5 due to being egg bound. I mistook her spending time in the laying box as her brooding. Another hen that was actually brooding got sick or got pecked by the eggbound one. Either way, I have a hen that can’t see out of one...

My 7 year old mixed breed hen who has been amazingly healthy and laying suddenly yesterday morning was unable to stand and curled toes. Her legs do not appear to have injuries and there is nothing swollen. She also cannot see. Comb is good color and she will take food if I put it into her beak...

Hi I really don’t know what to do. I looked around online for resources and I just don’t know where to start. Yesterday a dog bit my chicken ( Pistol) by the head. Luckily I got him to let go and got her out before any more damage could be done. She’s alive and alert. She’s a couple years old (2...

Hello, All. I have a hen that has been acting kind of strangely for about a week. She twists her head like she can’t see out of one of her eyes. When something is waved on that side of her face she does not react like she does on her okay side. She still eats and drinks alright, but I’m...

I have a Porcelain d Uccle hen that’s about a year old. I’m pretty sure that she’s never layed an egg in her life. We had a rooster problem a couple weeks ago (we got rid of the roosters) and she lost some back feathers, so we brought her and her companion inside to take care of them while they...

Hello all, I have been a silent fan of Backyard Chickens for six years, when I first became a chicken owner. I had three chickens until a few days ago, a Rhode Island Red (Eleanor), a Barred Rock (Iggy), and a Polish (Simone). My girls were best friends and I genuinely believe that there was no...