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  1. Hua

    Milky white swollen eye, not eating/drinking

    Hi! I need help diagnosing one of the girls. 3 days ago I noticed her being lethargic, barely eating and “sleeping” a lot, meaning her eyes were always shut. I separated her then. The next day I saw her eye was cloudy, so I put teramycin on it. Yesterday it looked milky white and slightly red...
  2. ChickenMamaSarah

    Duck having seizures and crusty eyes

    I have a seven week old duckling that I noticed having a seizure on Sunday then again on Monday. I’m not out there with them all the time but I suspwanna car she’s had more than these two. Afterwards she is wobbly and has trouble walking for a while. She seems lethargic and isn’t eating or...
  3. CJsCoop

    Advice Needed, Eye Injury!

    I have a 2+ week old chick with an injury to one of her eyes. It occurred Wednesday evening between 5 & 9pm. For the past 2 1/2 days I been flushing it with saline solution and putting neosporin in it twice daily. The eye is still closed, swollen, and hasn’t changed at all (no better, no worse)...
  4. lilmillefleur

    Dirt in eye

    Apparently one of our silkies was dust bathing and another chicken kicked dirt into her eye. Now it is closed and kind of sunken. Should I wipe the eye with saline or what? I can provide pics if necessary.. Thanks for any help!
  5. orangesplash

    Eyes issues

    The chicks were perfectly healthy and now 5 of them had this eye disease and 3 have died and now there are two left. What should I do? There is bulging and the eyes are closed
  6. Country_Boy

    Koekoek chick eye half open

    Hey guys, we have 17 baby Koekoek chicks and one of them seems to have an issue with its lower eyelid. It's only half-open, would like to know what the thoughts are in a poll. They are all 1-month old, eating well and running around. Note: I have eased the lower eye-lid down with my finger and...
  7. Country_Boy

    Greetings from the Wild Coast

    Hello from sunny South Africa, love the site! We have Black Australorp and Koekoek on our farm and I always turn to BYC for advice and ideas. Members are very knowledgeable and the site is packed with photos and help. On that last point: We have 17 baby Koekoek chicks and one of them seems to...
  8. Rebecca dean

    Swollen eye

    Hi all, My little bobtail has a swollen eye. I went to check on her and she was tucked up in the coop a little earlier on her own. She had laid an egg been vocal and has eaten and drank well today but when going to check on her I noticed one of her eyes closed half way and unable to open this...
  9. T

    Hen won’t open eyes. Roosters head is bleeding.

    Please help! When letting my birds out this morning I noticed one of my Araucana hens wouldn’t open her eyes and is very puffed up. In another flock, one of my roosters had been picked on to the point of bleeding in his comb. I have separated both and dont know how to further assist them. The...
  10. lena_

    Duckling Blind In One Eye?

    A duckling hatched today (Along with his five siblings) Under a broody hen. I noticed he was only opening one eye, so I gently opened the other. However I saw a cloudy bluish mess over his eye? Is this blindness or something else? Can the little guy adapt to living like this? Side note: Despite...
  11. R

    Sick eye...need advice!

    I'm a newbie to backyard chickens. I have only had my girls for a month and one of my Americauna's eyes started looking sick last week and within a day or so a pea-sized lump appeared under her eye. I've been treating with an ophthalmic ointment (neomycin and polymyxin b sulfates, bacitracin...
  12. O

    My hen was attacked by dog, what are her chances of living?

    So our friends brought their dog over and let her off of the leash because she stays pretty close to them. Our hens are free range and weren’t anywhere nearby at the time so we didn’t think much of it. A little while later we heard chickens screaming on the other side of the house. Murphy (the...
  13. Fun Chicks

    Eye Issues

    Hi new member here still learning my way around. I was reading other forms but it seems that everybody's problem was resolved within a few days . I have a rooster that has Eye issues and over Fourth of July week I spent $300 at the vet trying to settle his eye issues and now it seems that his...
  14. yyutiw

    HELP!! Large bump near my hens eye!!

    I’ve had chickens for over a year now, and there haven’t been any issues until very recently. Today when I went to check on my chickens, I noticed one of my hens has a large round bump near her eye. Her eye is also completely shut, and I noticed there is a clear fluid leaking out of it. I...
  15. SamLikesJam

    What's Wrong With My Tuxedo Quails Eye?

    Do I checked on my quail this morning and I realized that there is something wrong with his eye. Is it just other birds pecking at it???
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  16. Dawn S

    Help! Broody hen, but maybe sick also (?) and weird behavior in sister hen

    We have two four year old chickens who have been raised together - a Black Sex Link (Buttercup) and a Barred Rock (Sami). They have both been laying eggs still, getting about 4 - 5 eggs a week between them and both have the same egg sizes (XL to Jumbo sized), but none in the last week to my...
  17. Dawn S

    Help! Broody hen, but maybe sick also (?) and weird behavior in sister hen

    We have two four year old chickens who have been raised together - a Black Sex Link (Buttercup) and a Barred Rock (Sami). They have both been laying eggs still, getting about 4 - 5 eggs a week between them and both have the same egg sizes (XL to Jumbo sized), but none in the last week to my...
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