Has anyone seen eye infections in their chicks? I am talking crusty eyes, glued shut. The one I had to cull, it was swollen shut, and then as I tried to clean it, it was worse. The next day it was swollen up and she looked like the admiral on star wars. It was SO huge and ugly. I started cleaning it and puss (clear with white in it) started leaking out. Tonight I thought I would try and open it up a bit more, and the entire eye (WARNING: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION VERY GROSS) .....
The entire eye looked like a curd of cottage cheese. It looked like it was in pain, and it was also one with crooked toe and feet, so I culled it. I have never culled before so I went to stretch the neck and the head sorta fell off, and when it hit the ground, the eye popped out and splatted on the ground. I can't even think of cottage cheese or feta cheese now.
Sorry for the graphic descriptions, but OH my I have never seen anything or even read anything like this. I have two more that are crusty and shut, I am cleaning out and they are cracking them open. But no one has swelling yet. Is there something I can do, and was there anything I could of done for the other one? Or was it too late for anything but putting it out of its misery? I scanned all sorts of chicken health sites and the book and nothing seemed to describe it.
The entire eye looked like a curd of cottage cheese. It looked like it was in pain, and it was also one with crooked toe and feet, so I culled it. I have never culled before so I went to stretch the neck and the head sorta fell off, and when it hit the ground, the eye popped out and splatted on the ground. I can't even think of cottage cheese or feta cheese now.
Sorry for the graphic descriptions, but OH my I have never seen anything or even read anything like this. I have two more that are crusty and shut, I am cleaning out and they are cracking them open. But no one has swelling yet. Is there something I can do, and was there anything I could of done for the other one? Or was it too late for anything but putting it out of its misery? I scanned all sorts of chicken health sites and the book and nothing seemed to describe it.