I noticed last night while doing a head count and shutting my chickens in that 1- That Blackie that sleeps in the pen area of the coop wasn't out there with his little hen he was inside on a roost instead and 2- He had his eye closed. But I thought it was because I had my flashlight since it was dark when I went out.
Well today I go out to let them out and feed them and he still had it closed.
Here's a picture of it. He has a scabbed up crest because him and the other black rooster like to get in fights occasionally. Stupid boys.
So I was wondering if anyone here could offer any advice? Anyone dealt with a sore eye before? On one chicken forum I read to keep it clean with a warm washcloth and to put some terramycin ointment in it.
My husband has been gone all day working on our house so I haven't had a extra set of hand to really even try to wash it. It appears to be crusted shut but it's not swollen. He's really not acting normal either because the other boys are not treating him too nicely. Think I'll put him in a crate in the coop for the night. When I got home not too long ago he was up here by the house and didn't want to go to the coop. Think it's because he knew he would get beat up on.
Well today I go out to let them out and feed them and he still had it closed.
Here's a picture of it. He has a scabbed up crest because him and the other black rooster like to get in fights occasionally. Stupid boys.
So I was wondering if anyone here could offer any advice? Anyone dealt with a sore eye before? On one chicken forum I read to keep it clean with a warm washcloth and to put some terramycin ointment in it.
My husband has been gone all day working on our house so I haven't had a extra set of hand to really even try to wash it. It appears to be crusted shut but it's not swollen. He's really not acting normal either because the other boys are not treating him too nicely. Think I'll put him in a crate in the coop for the night. When I got home not too long ago he was up here by the house and didn't want to go to the coop. Think it's because he knew he would get beat up on.