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bulgy eye in pheasants

  • 08-04-2012 10:41pm
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    richiedel123
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    I was talking to a mate today who keeps a couple of birds for breeding himself and he was saying one or 2 of his birds had got what looked like bulgy eye a virus pheasants and chickens get. What I wanna no is there any cure for this as I cant find much info online about it


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    4200fps
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    could be a different name for it?


  • #3
    TriggerPL
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    richiedel123 wrote: »
    I was talking to a mate today who keeps a couple of birds for breeding himself and he was saying one or 2 of his birds had got what looked like bulgy eye a virus pheasants and chickens get. What I wanna no is there any cure for this as I cant find much info online about it

    this can be a symptom of a cold, (Infectious Coryza), which is not nice but not normally fatal;but it is highly contagious. So I would isolate this hen, and keep her away from draughts. If she is smelly, then this is a sign of secondary infection, and antibiotics will be needed, if she is not, then you may be able to sure this without medication, but I would leave that to you and your ability to care for and treat your chicken yourself. Do you have access to a good store where you can pick things up or online. It is a bacterial disease and so will respond to antibiotics if you choose. Is your hen generally healthy or is she or has she been under the weather. Is she still eating and drinking? Very important that she fights the disease too!! Give her extra vits/minerals and feed her things to boost her immune system. Organic if possible fresh greens/veg in small amounts, her normal feed, no treats especially sugars/breads, as these will deplete her. grapefruit seed extract is useful if you have got it, if not very small fresh garlic if she will eat it. Mix a small amount of Vit C in some yoghurt and offer that to her.
    Do you know how she was affected? Has she had a shock recently or changes, or new hens brought in?
    The other reason is as you say because she has had a fight or injured herself another way. And as undautri says she will have blood spots on her if she has been pecked, and possibly the other hens too. If she has knocked her head then the swelling will be helped by arnica, a homoeopathic remedy, and isolation if she looks like she is unbalanced or wobbly, or if she is getting bullied at feed time. Let us know the update vera and we can help more?

    Found this hope it helps


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