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Songster
- Feb 10, 2022
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Hi, this gentle giant was blinded by a direct pecking injury from another rooster, maybe three weeks ago. I have been cleaning out the crud from his eye once or twice a day. Applied Terramycin each time for two weeks, now switched to Vetericyn antimicrobial eye wash. Also gave him oral lincomycin-spectinomycin for 5 days. See the photos of his eye. I can see that the muscles that move his injured eyeball still work in conjunction with the movement of the other working eye. He has a good appetite and is vocal and chatty. However the eyeball looks cloudy gray, all over, and there is a whitish goo in front. I am afraid to try to remove that whitish stuff. Is that mycoplasma, or food? The eye produces some yellowish crud every day. Does his eye need more time to recover, or will it remain permanently like this? Does he need surgery? Is it safe to reintroduce him to the flock? He has sired many XL pullets so I would like for him to reengage with the flock. Also, although he has been eating the same thing every day (layer feed), his poop color changed from gray-brown to green (though not bright emerald green). Any ideas why? Thanks.
His good eye:
His injured eye:
His injured eye:
Typical morning eye crud:
His poops:
His good eye:
His injured eye:
His injured eye:
Typical morning eye crud:
His poops:
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