BeccaLynne78
In the Brooder
- Jun 3, 2019
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Hi everyone
My name is Becca, one of my Bluebell chickens (she’s about a year and a half old) has something very wrong with her eye. It was not like this when she went to bed last night.
When I let all the chickens out this morning from their 45’ x 16’ 12’ run to free range, I saw this. She has her head tucked down into her body, and now does not want to eat. She’s very friendly, but usually does not like to be touched. I can pick her up with no problem right now.
Her eye is very swollen and sealed shut, but in the sunlight, I could see her eyeball moving underneath her lid. My fiancé opened her eye gently, & he said it was “gooey”. I can’t get her to let me open it again, mostly bc I don’t want to cause her more pain. There is no discharge or pus as of now, just shut and swollen.
I have had chickens with a swollen eye before, likely from another pecking them, but it has always going down by the end of the day, and just puffy- not sealed. Hers is the same, if not worse than earlier.
So for my arsenal; (their First Aid kit I actually made according to an article I read on this site a year or so ago
)
I have (that I think may help?)
*Vetricyn spray (& some other medicated sprays/ ointments/ solutions, but this is the only one that doesn’t have an eye “warning”),
*Sterile Saline Eye Wash with a cupped end, and just purchased
*Terramycin eye ointment
If anyone has tips how I should clean it, how to triage her, help her feel better- what to do
PLEASE, let me know your thoughts.
Since I didn’t actually see her get pecked in the eye I can’t be completely sure, but think (but by no means am I an Aviary expert- nor doc) that if it was an infection I would have noticed something last night & it wouldn’t appear so dry (as opposed to having anything leaking out of it)
So far have cleaned it w/ warm water & a baby towel then gently put a good gob of the Terramycin ointment over the area.
I am blessed with a place to keep her apart from the others; she’s staying in her own little chicken coop inside of the run, so she’s separated from the rest of the flock, with fresh water & food (though she’s not touching it now. Only got her to eat a few dried mealworms- & usually she goes crazy for them, but not so much today).
I’m desperate to help her; any advice will be IMMENSELY appreciated.
I can’t stand to see her in pain, I feel so helpless
Thank you in advance,
~Becca & Little Falcon (my injured feathered friend)
[Pictures attached:
~Ones of her whole body were from mid morning today when all the chickens came out of the run (as are any that have her whole body) around 11am
~One photo close- up of her face/ in his arms is @ 7pm tonight, after cleaning her gently with warm water/ before applying the Terramycin.]
Thanks again
My name is Becca, one of my Bluebell chickens (she’s about a year and a half old) has something very wrong with her eye. It was not like this when she went to bed last night.
When I let all the chickens out this morning from their 45’ x 16’ 12’ run to free range, I saw this. She has her head tucked down into her body, and now does not want to eat. She’s very friendly, but usually does not like to be touched. I can pick her up with no problem right now.
Her eye is very swollen and sealed shut, but in the sunlight, I could see her eyeball moving underneath her lid. My fiancé opened her eye gently, & he said it was “gooey”. I can’t get her to let me open it again, mostly bc I don’t want to cause her more pain. There is no discharge or pus as of now, just shut and swollen.
I have had chickens with a swollen eye before, likely from another pecking them, but it has always going down by the end of the day, and just puffy- not sealed. Hers is the same, if not worse than earlier.
So for my arsenal; (their First Aid kit I actually made according to an article I read on this site a year or so ago
)I have (that I think may help?)
*Vetricyn spray (& some other medicated sprays/ ointments/ solutions, but this is the only one that doesn’t have an eye “warning”),
*Sterile Saline Eye Wash with a cupped end, and just purchased
*Terramycin eye ointment
If anyone has tips how I should clean it, how to triage her, help her feel better- what to do
PLEASE, let me know your thoughts.Since I didn’t actually see her get pecked in the eye I can’t be completely sure, but think (but by no means am I an Aviary expert- nor doc) that if it was an infection I would have noticed something last night & it wouldn’t appear so dry (as opposed to having anything leaking out of it)
So far have cleaned it w/ warm water & a baby towel then gently put a good gob of the Terramycin ointment over the area.
I am blessed with a place to keep her apart from the others; she’s staying in her own little chicken coop inside of the run, so she’s separated from the rest of the flock, with fresh water & food (though she’s not touching it now. Only got her to eat a few dried mealworms- & usually she goes crazy for them, but not so much today).
I’m desperate to help her; any advice will be IMMENSELY appreciated.
I can’t stand to see her in pain, I feel so helpless
Thank you in advance,
~Becca & Little Falcon (my injured feathered friend)
[Pictures attached:
~Ones of her whole body were from mid morning today when all the chickens came out of the run (as are any that have her whole body) around 11am
~One photo close- up of her face/ in his arms is @ 7pm tonight, after cleaning her gently with warm water/ before applying the Terramycin.]
Thanks again
