The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: ramiroflores on April 26, 2024, 03:35:22 am
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My chicken's eyes are cloudy and crusty. Please tell me what's wrong with it and a reasonable treatment method. Thanks in advance!
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First thing to do is separate her from all the others and observe bio-security rules. It may be contagious? The only reference I can find in my poultry books associated with cloudy eyes is to Mareks, but there is no mention of crustiness with it which could be just a bacterial infection. If it is simply a localised eye infection your vet will give you antibiotics. There is no alternative to vet treatment and it needs to be quick- today if possible.
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If you haven't managed to get to the vet yet, use the same treatment you would for a child
Cool boiled water, sterile pad dipped in it, wipe from the corner out once, change the pad or turn it to a clean bit and repeat - to remove pus, crustiness etc.
I had to do this with a quail, and their eyes are tiny. Didn't need the vet - it was just dust from their bedding that had got encrusted