cloudy eye

[beehappy]

hello everyone - new to the forum and have recently purchased 3 - 5 day old little chickens. I think your forum is great and very informative although I have read heaps cant find what I am looking for so sorry if you have covered this before.

My little chickens are 4 weeks old now and one of the chicks have developed a very cloudy eye - she or he does not seem to be in pain or try to rub its head or anything and I am figuring it may be blind maybe in this eye. Although it was not cloudy when we bought her.

Any ideas??

 

[gumpsgirl]

First off,

!!!

Second, does the chick show any more symptoms other than the cloudy eye? Sneezing, coughing, discharge from the nares? This information would help in assessing the chick.

 

[beehappy]

No other symptoms that I can see and eating and drinking and running around like a 4 week old chicken - the only thing i did notice a few days ago was sleep like disharge from the eye one morning but no other days at all - only the once. And not that much, not runny disharge just a bit of sleep. I am very new to having chickens but I dont see any diferent behaviour to the other 2 chicks - i do have a photo but not sure how to put it up.
I live in the top of Australia so quite warm so cold should not be an issue and they have a huge coop for just the three of them - at night they go into a smaller cage I have in the coop until they have all their feathers as we are in the middle of wet season here and it rains most nights.
I feed them chick crumble.

thankyou for the welcome.

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

Welcome welcome welcome.

When you hold something on that side of it's head, does it notice it? Does a scar appear on the eyeball?

 

[beehappy]

no scar that I can see - and i dont think it can see but does close its eyelid every time I put something on that side - I have been watching very closely and it is not any smaller or shows any sign of distress which I am glad as I am so new to this and they are only so young.

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

It shouldn't be a problem then. If it gets worse, contact a vet.

Enjoy your stay.