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Eye swelling?
DeWayne Edgin:
Well my adults with this problem have cleared up by their selves. :)
Mike Gilbert:
Did you bring in some new birds anytime in the past 6 months? If so they may have been carriers of some infection your birds had not been exposed to before. If they are recovering that fast your best bet is to just breed for resistant strains, and cull the ones, if any, that exhibit chronic symptoms. Eventually you will have a flock that may be totally resistant to whatever it is. To find out the exact problem you would have to have a necropsy done - don't know what that costs in your area.
Russ:
Well I don't know if separating them from the others has helped (stress), or wiping there eyes with the warm towel helped. All I know is all three of the Bantams eyes are still open and starting to look better. Maybe the humidity played a part along with the stress? I will continue to keep a close eye (no pun intended) on them to see what happens. Oh yeah thanks for all the suggestions and help, and Harry I would have culled them when I noticed them except they are B.B.S Bantams. Which I am just getting started with so I need all I can get, getting a late start on hatching only allowed me to hatch 43, I was hoping to get at least 75 before my wife gave me the ultimatum that always comes with hatching ;). I will probably hatch a few more in fall, she just doesn't know this yet :-X..... Oh yeah I got some really nice prospects growing out now thank's again Mike for such a great start should have a few to show at Fowl Fest in the fall ;D ;D ;D ;D
HarryS:
Russ, I understand the situation. I just found one with an eye infection sure it would be OK since it is free ranging with it;s foster mother but I can not take any chances and had to cull it immediately. To me one bird is not worth the entire flock. I am in a better situation than you are and one bird will not affect the outcome of my breeding program.
Tailfeathers:
I think Mike is correct and it's probably some form of mycoplasma infection such as MG. I have found that this will show itself most often in cold and wet conditions. Something we have NO shortage of here in WA. It was 90 here today. Last week it was 60 and raining and I noticed one of my EE's with a swollen eye. From what I've seen this may start out as CRD and then comes from sinus infections that back up into the eyes.
I stopped medicating my birds a few years ago because, frankly, I found it did little good to treat them with antibiotics and the sickness was spreading to other birds. So I started out culling any sick birds. Then I talked with someone (and later read about it on the web) that said to put bleach in the water. Since doing that I rarely see a bird with a runny nose and puffy eyes. When I do, it only gets worse and the bird is culled BUT none of the others seem to get it.
Hope that helps.
God Bless,
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