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I came home from work yesterday and one of my Orpington bantams eyes was closed and was swollen there was swelling around the eye.There was no sign of any trauma around the eye or any mucus.She seems generally ok ,there is a sand pit which she can access could the sand cause an irritation ?

Be very cautious with inflamation in the eye. Microplasma is a new infection that can kill your birds. Check for a rattleing in their breating or snot in the nose. It is very common with the weather changing, and is very contageous. A product called Tylan will control Microplasma, it is only available from the vet, I would suggest you take your bird in anyway. The eyes will inflame first then the symptoms will become much worse, so you will want to act fast.

This happend to my rooster, tried every thing, in the end we had to cull him as he started to suffer.Really hope yours gets better x

can i ask what happened to your orpington?? one of mine has a poorly eye ive cleaned it with saline solution but it doesnt seem to be helping though. i have done some research on other sites and some people suggest giving her a soluble asprin watered down quite a lot. does anybody know if this works?