Silkies4everr
In the Brooder
- Sep 21, 2024
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Sorry if I wrote a lot but I'm trying my best to describe it.
These two have had eye wateriness since about a week after hatching. They hatched out sometime in April or May. The stall their hen hatched them in was very dusty and the first signs of problems were eye wateriness and facial feathers getting stuck in their eyes about a week after hatching. We started to rinse and wipe their eyes two times daily. After which it slowly progressed to crusting shut with mucus every morning but we didn't want to give up on them. After a few weeks it cleared up and we thought they had gotten better, after which they were finally big enough to safely move into a coop with some other birds. They had been doing fine and their eyes were not watery. However, recently the coop got a little dusty from their bedding and their eyes started to get watery again. The black pullet's eyes in the photos are a little foamy, she had it worse than the blue cockerel. He had it in one eye, his eye is just a little watery now but no signs of any foam. I was wondering what caused it and if I should keep cleaning their eyes or if I should have just put them down as chicks. They have been living with other chickens for a while now and nothing has spread so I'm not sure if it's irritation or not. We've never had a chicken with anything like their eyes before so it'd be good to know in case it happened again with different birds.
These two have had eye wateriness since about a week after hatching. They hatched out sometime in April or May. The stall their hen hatched them in was very dusty and the first signs of problems were eye wateriness and facial feathers getting stuck in their eyes about a week after hatching. We started to rinse and wipe their eyes two times daily. After which it slowly progressed to crusting shut with mucus every morning but we didn't want to give up on them. After a few weeks it cleared up and we thought they had gotten better, after which they were finally big enough to safely move into a coop with some other birds. They had been doing fine and their eyes were not watery. However, recently the coop got a little dusty from their bedding and their eyes started to get watery again. The black pullet's eyes in the photos are a little foamy, she had it worse than the blue cockerel. He had it in one eye, his eye is just a little watery now but no signs of any foam. I was wondering what caused it and if I should keep cleaning their eyes or if I should have just put them down as chicks. They have been living with other chickens for a while now and nothing has spread so I'm not sure if it's irritation or not. We've never had a chicken with anything like their eyes before so it'd be good to know in case it happened again with different birds.
