How can i help my chickens eyes?

Question

Misquetos are bitting my chickens eyes at night when they sleep. I spary the house at night with bug stuff for chicken houses but that doesnt do nothing for there prexisting bites. They scratch them and make them infected and then they sweell up. I put anti itch stuff on the but it oesnt work. How can i help them. It doesnt affect my standard breeds, but its killing my bantams. I have alreay lost over 10. And i love my chickens, but i have wayyyy to many for a vet. No neggativitey ples.

Answer 1

Get like a mosquito nets (the thing where some people put it around their beds to keep bugs out) and put it around the house

Answer 2

You could try putting an antibiotic in their water to keep the infection down. Terramyacin  (not sure if that's spelled exactly right.) is one people use a lot.

What did you spray with? That might be whats killing them if the others are fine. Try Seven Dust. You can get it in a liquid which would be better because you can spray the inside walls and it dries to a powder.

ETA:

Hmm... Well if thats the case then its really weird that the mosquitos are only going after the bantams. Are they all in the same area? You could put them in the non-affected area for a while if they aren't.

I think your best bet would be to contact a farmer in your area or a 4-h person who is in poultry. They might be able to give you a little insight and they may have even delt with it before.

To deal with the infected eyes, you could try some optical hydrocortizone creme. It is used treat infection in the eyes of cats, dogs, ect but I am almost certain its safe for chickens too.

Answer 3

yikes! you might want to call a vet at least and see if they have anything that you can do for them...even though they wouldn't be able to come out and treat every chicken they can still offer some advice