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Expert: Abi - 8/5/2009


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Tonight, I found one of my five week old buff orphington chicks with a bloody eye, and blood around the neck.  A friend suggested I put hydrogen peroxide on the eye and dab a triple antibiotic ointment on the eye also.  Could you advise if this is the treatment you would suggest.  Also, what is the best way to wash all the blood off.  I have separated it from the flock already.  Thank you.

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Hello Dena,

Do not use anything on the eye which is not specifically for chickens. I suggest simply flushing it with a weak salt water solution. It is also worth getting her to the vets as if the eye is destroyed it may need removing.

Thanks for your question, please use the question code next time- I answered as I thought this may be some sort of emergency.

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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.

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I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!

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