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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    Still no change. She's growing well, with normal behavior. Is it not weird that the eyes haven't cleared up yet, if she's not really sick? It's been about a week and a half.
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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    After checking on her today, she doesn't seem much changed. Still eating and drinking normally, and acts as curious and inquisitive as (or more so than) the healthy chicks next door. I haven't noticed the bald spots growing, so I think you're right, ChickenPeep, that it's just matting from her...
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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    ChickenPeep - thanks for getting back to me! Yes, it looks exactly like that. I've seen a post in the archives using that picture, but felt unsure whether I was dealing with the same situation, since in that post, the chickens had mucous, but I haven't noticed any such thing with this chick...
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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    I'm starting to get more concerned about her balding. She keeps pecking at the base of her neck and at her shoulders. The feathers around there are either gone or matted. The feathers/down around her eyes are also matted down. Is the matting from the watery eyes? Why would she be pecking so much...
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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    Well, she still seems the same. The eyes are not as watery as they once were, but still more watery than normal. Both are still droopy, though the left eye worse that the right. Her behavior is still otherwise unchanged - she drinks and eats happily, and struts around her brooder between naps...
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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    I just checked on all the chicks again. The quarantined one seems to be doing well. She's still eating and drinking, and seems as active as most of the other chicks are (endless 15 minute cycles of eat, drink, flap, sleep). Her eyes seem less watery than they did this morning, and they look like...
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    Diagnose: Watery and droopy eye, but nothing else

    Hey all! I am about two weeks into the whole chicken experience, with twelve chicks sitting in a brooder in my laundry room. They've all seemed happy and active, but yesterday morning I noticed one two-week old chick -- the sweet columbian wyandotte -- had weird looking eyes. They were...
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