Injured or sick eye and beak on chicken

[NwChickOwner]

Another update this morning:

She was still drinking but she’s stopped eating. She was standing alone in the corner with her head tucked into her wing. I offered her cooked eggs and she would not eat. She is now quarantined with eggs and water because I don’t want the other chickens to pick on her. Any other suggestions? I repeated neosporin but her eye is still closed.

 

[alinas2010]

Update:
Her eye was still swollen this morning so I repeated the warm compress and neosporin. The skin around her eye is very pale compared to the other side. The rest of her face, comb, and wattles are slightly paler than usual. She is eating and drinking, her crop feels full. She keeps nestling her head into her back/wing feathers. When I was cleaning her eye this morning, I saw the lower eyelid wasn’t attached to the upper eyelid because of the gunk. I saw a flicker of movement that I think was her eyeball when the two eyelids separated. It’s almost like the lower eyelid is paralyzed?

Hmm could you post updated pictures of her? How is her crop, does it empty by the morning? Is your weather really cool right now?

Another update this morning:

She was still drinking but she’s stopped eating. She was standing alone in the corner with her head tucked into her wing. I offered her cooked eggs and she would not eat. She is now quarantined with eggs and water because I don’t want the other chickens to pick on her. Any other suggestions? I repeated neosporin but her eye is still closed.

I’m so sorry it’s not helping like we’d hoped. Would you be able to pick up terramycin eye ointment from a farm store and try that on her here?

@Eggcessive any chance it could be something else besides an injury? Fungal?

 

[Eggcessive]

Pictures would be helpful. Are you seeing the third eyelid (nictitating membrane?) She might have suffered a tear in the injury. Do you think they were picking on her when she was injured? Moisten watery chicken feed and tuna, and even a small amount of canned cat food are other things that might interest her.

I think that I would use some saline in the warm wet compresses to the eye 2-3 times a day with a clean washcloth. Hold her while you apply it. Then coat with the antibiotic ointment twice a day. Neosporin, triple antibiotic, bacitracin, or Terramycin available from feed stores are all okay. You can make homemade saline by adding 2 tsp of salt to 32 ounces/1 quart of water, and boil it for a few minutes, then let it cool.

 

[NwChickOwner]

Hmm could you post updated pictures of her? How is her crop, does it empty by the morning? Is your weather really cool right now?

I’m so sorry it’s not helping like we’d hoped. Would you be able to pick up terramycin eye ointment from a farm store and try that on her here?

@Eggcessive any chance it could be something else besides an injury? Fungal?

Pictures would be helpful. Are you seeing the third eyelid (nictitating membrane?) She might have suffered a tear in the injury. Do you think they were picking on her when she was injured? Moisten watery chicken feed and tuna, and even a small amount of canned cat food are other things that might interest her.

I think that I would use some saline in the warm wet compresses to the eye 2-3 times a day with a clean washcloth. Hold her while you apply it. Then coat with the antibiotic ointment twice a day. Neosporin, triple antibiotic, bacitracin, or Terramycin available from feed stores are all okay. You can make homemade saline by adding 2 tsp of salt to 32 ounces/1 quart of water, and boil it for a few minutes, then let it cool.

I’m apprehensive to pull back the eyelid but I’ll try if you think I should. She was scratching it when she was alone and it started to bleed again. I’m attaching pictures. Thank you for helping me!

 

[NwChickOwner]

Pictures would be helpful. Are you seeing the third eyelid (nictitating membrane?) She might have suffered a tear in the injury. Do you think they were picking on her when she was injured? Moisten watery chicken feed and tuna, and even a small amount of canned cat food are other things that might interest her.

I think that I would use some saline in the warm wet compresses to the eye 2-3 times a day with a clean washcloth. Hold her while you apply it. Then coat with the antibiotic ointment twice a day. Neosporin, triple antibiotic, bacitracin, or Terramycin available from feed stores are all okay. You can make homemade saline by adding 2 tsp of salt to 32 ounces/1 quart of water, and boil it for a few minutes, then let it cool.

There is now a bubbly fluid coming out when I apply the neosporin. I tried to look into the eyelid and I can see swollen flesh but no eyeball

 

[alinas2010]

There is now a bubbly fluid coming out when I apply the neosporin. I tried to look into the eyelid and I can see swollen flesh but no eyeball

how is her breathing? Do you hear any crackling or wheezing?

I’m apprehensive to pull back the eyelid but I’ll try if you think I should. She was scratching it when she was alone and it started to bleed again. I’m attaching pictures. Thank you for helping me!

her eye looks more swollen, there could be pus in it building up, her eye could’ve become more infected. The swelling could be preventing her eye from opening potentially, although it appears it wants to open from the way the corner looks.

@Eggcessive should see your response and be here to offer some more advice. Sorry I’m not more helpful.

 

[NwChickOwner]

how is her breathing? Do you hear any crackling or wheezing?

her eye looks more swollen, there could be pus in it building up, her eye could’ve become more infected. The swelling could be preventing her eye from opening potentially, although it appears it wants to open from the way the corner looks.

@Eggcessive should see your response and be here to offer some more advice. Sorry I’m not more helpful.

No noises that I can hear. She was scratching at it. She wouldn’t eat any of the suggestions and then she found a rose petal and did eat some of those.

 

[Eggcessive]

The eye bubbles can be seen with a respiratory infection, but it could be because of her eye injury.

 

[NwChickOwner]

I’m apprehensive to pull back the eyelid but I’ll try if you think I should. She was scratching it when she was alone and it started to bleed again. I’m attaching pictures. Thank you for helping me!

@Eggcessive Based on these pictures do you think there may be an different type of infection? I have vetericyn on hand also if you think I should switch at some point.

 

[Eggcessive]

Vetericyn is okay to use on the face or around the eyes, but I would use the antibiotic (Neosporin, Terramycin) ointment. Vetericyn spray or eye gel is good for spraying on wounds or using in the eye, but it is not an antibiotic. It is probably bacterial or injury causing the swelling and eye drainage.