8 week old swollen upper eyelid for 2 weeks!!!!

[Daisyllama]

Hi all! New to chicken raising, and I can’t seem to find the right diagnosis and treatment for my 8 week old Maran, Darcy.

Two weeks ago I noticed my Maran had a swollen, red upper eyelid with minimal feather loss surrounding. I thought I figured out what it was and found a TS still selling Tylan 50, and started a 5 day .5 cc course if oral antibiotics. On the chance it was mites, I did a deep co-op clean, sprinkled in and around with dichotomous earth and put Vaseline on the effected areas. She has no symptoms other than swelling and a bit of feather loss. Like I said, it’s two weeks tomorrow.

The chicks do free range for a bit of the day.

The pix with the polka dot dress is on the onset, the other is now. Initially, I thought it was working due to the redness going away, but the swelling has progressively gotten worse since stopping antibiotics.

Should I start another round and up it to 1cc orally? I don’t want to overuse the antibiotics, but I want this girl to be healthy.

Please help!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I thought I figured out what it was and found a TS still selling Tylan 50, and started a 5 day .5 cc course if oral antibiotics. On the chance it was mites, I did a deep co-op clean, sprinkled in and around with dichotomous earth and put Vaseline on the effected areas. She has no symptoms other than swelling and a bit of feather loss. Like I said, it’s two weeks tomorrow.

Should I start another round and up it to 1cc orally? I don’t want to overuse the antibiotics, but I want this girl to be healthy.

Clean/flush the eye with saline and apply Terramycin in the eye a couple of times a day.

Do you see mites or lice? DE is not going to get rid of them, use a Permethrin based poultry dust or spray to treat for lice/mites. Make sure to treat their housing if bugs are an issue.

Tylan50 dose is 0.25ml per pound of weight given orally 3 times a day for 5 days in a row.
If she responded, then you may want to try again and see if it helps. Do you see any lesions inside the beak or infection in her ears?

 

[Mason Farm and Ranch]

Hi all! New to chicken raising, and I can’t seem to find the right diagnosis and treatment for my 8 week old Maran, Darcy.

Two weeks ago I noticed my Maran had a swollen, red upper eyelid with minimal feather loss surrounding. I thought I figured out what it was and found a TS still selling Tylan 50, and started a 5 day .5 cc course if oral antibiotics. On the chance it was mites, I did a deep co-op clean, sprinkled in and around with dichotomous earth and put Vaseline on the effected areas. She has no symptoms other than swelling and a bit of feather loss. Like I said, it’s two weeks tomorrow.

The chicks do free range for a bit of the day.

The pix with the polka dot dress is on the onset, the other is now. Initially, I thought it was working due to the redness going away, but the swelling has progressively gotten worse since stopping antibiotics.

Should I start another round and up it to 1cc orally? I don’t want to overuse the antibiotics, but I want this girl to be healthy.

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It is most likely Chronic Respiratory Disease aka Mycoplasma Gallisepticum aka Bubbleye.

I had several chooks come down with it.

Tylosin is a course of treatment, however Oxytetracycline is likely more effective.

If you can get it, Chinese Skullcap in conjunction with an antibiotic is fastest.

Since she's been ill for 2 weeks, it will be atleast 3 solid days of treatment before the swelling goes down.

See poultrydmv.org for the symptom checker. It's handy when troubleshooting chickens. But your photos were a big help.

CRD can manifest quickly or only have 1 symptom (swollen eye).