Swollen eye. Coryza? Mycoplasma?

[Bantamsarebest]

Hi! My little silkie, Lola has had a swollen eye for a few days. We have had a couple of chickens come down with this over time but have mostly gotten better. This is by far the worst case. On day one we found her in the cage, lost because of her pompom and her swollen eye. We washed her eye with salt water and opened it and put in a couple of drops of Tricin. The second day, her eye was more swollen and we noticed a small dark spot, we bathed it in salt water and put some Tricin in (we have run out now and it was an old prescription). The third day (yesterday) she had a large chunk of dried pussy stuff, which came off with with more saltwater. She has been on a high dose of oxytetracycline hydrochloride the whole time. Today (when the photo was taken) there were feathers stuck all over it so we washed them off, when we tried to open her eye, like we have the last couple of days, a few ml of pus came out, but we could not see the eye. The dark spot we noticed on day two has grown significantly. Any advice or info would be much appreciated. Thanks!

tldr; Chicken has swollen face, one side only pus came out, not eating much. Possibly mycoplasma or coryza.

 

[Eggcessive]

Does she have a bad odor from the face? Coryza can smell bad. Mycoplasma. (MG) could be the problem, but does not have an odor. Was she pecked under the eye? I’m not familiar with Tricin. I would flush the eye with saline, and then apply either Terramycin eye ointment from the feed store or plain Neosporin ointment twice a day.

 

[Bantamsarebest]

Hi! She does have a bad odour. Tricin is a neosporin ointment, I am in australia, so we have ordered some but we don't know when it will arrive.
Thanks

 

[Eggcessive]

Since it has the bad odor associated with coryza, I would try to have your vet order some sulfadimethoxine or trimeth sulfa. That will help treat the disease symptoms and sinus infection. Your flock should be considered carriers for life, so birds should never be sold or rehomed. Once all birds eventually die off, wait 3 days to disinfect the coop before adding healthy new chicks.