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andy harris

  • Joined May 2010
Is she blind ?
« on: February 23, 2011, 08:15:45 am »
We have a blackrock shes a good 30 weeks old now.She has just got over having worms it took me 5 weeks to get rid of them....i thought she was going to die at one stage.Anyway now the problem is her left eye it not fully shut but she can not see out of it and theres quite alot of water in it .(I have put her on her own cos she was getting a kick in) I  have been wipping her eye with coton buds .Is there anying else i can do?

BlueDaisy

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Grow your own - veg and chooks!
Re: Is she blind ?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2011, 08:41:21 am »
Sounds like she probably needs to see a vet.
What did you use to treat her worms? ANd why did you think she still had them after 4 weeks?
Such a long worming course may have upset her natural resistance to bacteria, resulting in other infections taking hold.

Frieslandfilly

  • Joined Apr 2009
Re: Is she blind ?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2011, 01:44:01 pm »
Could try flushing the eye out with a syringe, need to use sterilized water.

andy harris

  • Joined May 2010
Re: Is she blind ?
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2011, 05:02:16 pm »
It took that long to bring her round....dont know why it just took her that long to get her back to normal and her poop back to the way it should be not waterery.

northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Re: Is she blind ?
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2011, 10:11:17 pm »
check this one out, may have been not worms at all

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/index.php

someone also has posted a lovely link to chicken poo on TAS which of course I now can't find  ::)

Either take her to the vet, put her down or isolate and wait and see... :chook:

 

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