blind chick

Following the story of our Survivor. Backstory, Mama Noisy Girl went broody and we got her some Easter Egger eggs, yay! Thursday, March 14, we had some severe weather, and when I got home from work, I checked on eggs and noticed one had been crushed. I could hear a cheep, and honestly didn't...

I haven’t been on this site in a while, but today I had a chick hatch with what appeared to be blood on it’s head, but upon further inspection was much more concerning. This little guy hatched under one of my broody hens. When I picked him up for the first time I’m 99% sure I could recall...

Hi alll, ive got a bantam silkie chick and i just realized she has a cloudy eye, im suspecting she may be half blind or something unknown. Her other eye is dark like normal. Is there anything i should do? Is it common for this breed to be blind or have eye problems or is it just a random...

Hello, I am desperate for advice! Three days ago we found our 3 month old Polish all lethargic, sitting quietly in the middle of the coop. I brought him in and recognized he was anemic (pale wattles, crest, face, weak). My guess is that the grown up hens or other roosters did not let him eat...

Hi everyone! In need of some help/opinions. Saved a little chick that wasn’t looking too great from TSC. She wouldn’t open one eye and seems to maybe be a little discharge. Seems lost and spins in circles. She won’t eat or drink in her own no matter how many times I show it to her. She will walk...

Hello I have two chickens with swollen eyes closed. Both eyes. They cant see at all. They have no other symptoms no sneezing, wheezing or gasping and no discharge. Their eyes are very dry and swollen closed. Their spike looks rotten or something? They are eating if I put them in a small box so...

I was just given a chick from a relative who they said it was sick, the chick has cream white eyes, isn’t responding to noise, very small, thin legs and has odd feathers?? (The flight feathers are very long but the Inner feathers are short). I assume she’s blind and deaf but I want to make sure...

I’m sorry if this is the wrong place, but I’m in need of advice. My mother just got 6 chicks from Rural King, and it seems by everyone‘s account one is totally blind. She’s finally beginning to settle down in the brooder, which means less screaming, more following the Sound of her sisters. But...

I had a poultry hatch day and noticed his eyes were noticeably different from the others. At first I thought maybe I was overthinking things and maybe it was the lighting so I left him alone for a bit but lo and behold they are still the same. They’re this milky color. Sorry the picture isn’t...

Does anyone have experience with a chicken who has dwarfism? I'm fairly certain my tiny silkie hen is a dwarf. She's now 10 weeks old and looks like a hatchling. Has been getting vitamins in her water and has trouble walking, we believe she's also blind. She's made it 10 weeks and is a tough...

I have a chick that hatched on 11/28 with curly toes. I tried making boots for it, but it did not correct. I now notice that it's showing symptoms of blindness and I'm a bit worried. It has quickly become my favorite little baby and I'll do anything I can to help it. 🥺 It's a week old now and...

We just got our baby chicks in the mail this morning from Murray McMurray Hatchery. Six of the seven RIR girls were alive and extremely healthy looking. When I ordered, I said I wanted an extra chick of the hatchery's choosing 'cause I was assuming at least 1 of the chicks I ordered would die at...

can anyone offer me some guidance? 9 weeks old She is showing blind-like (?) behaviors (I’m new and unsure if it’s normal but it is very different than the other two)... She takes a really long time getting out of the coop in the morning, which is only 2 inches off the ground. She stands at the...

My broody hen hatched some chicks yesterday morning. One of the other hens tried to “steal” the babies by pecking them to try and get them under herinstead of the mom. I put the offending hen in solitary until she calmed down (she’s now back to ignoring the chicks), but one of the babies was...

What would cause this? She’s been like this ever since we got her as a little chick from a TSC. She’s a Barred Rock and the only one of all her siblings to have this issue. Could I be Ocular Mareks? She doesn’t seem to have oddly shaped pupils nor does the color of her eye look greyish. She also...

This year has been a crazy year for brooding. I currently have two hens fighting over a clutch they had sort of shared for a while up to hatch day. This is where the story begins I guess. There had been several eggs left unhatched by the time the ladies were up, which isn't unusual. But when I...

About two days ago, 3 chicks hatched under a hen. They were on day 23. The first one was pushed out, but we did manage to save it (and now it is happily pipping, eating and drinking) the second hatched with no problem, but when we looked at it. It seemed quite weak. It sits like a penguin and...

This is my first time hatching and raising quail. All of my chicks except 1, which was born blind (without eyes). I didn't want to cull it yet since I thought it would maybe be able to see or learn to adapt in the future but so far it's been 1 week in and I still hand feed the chick as it never...

One of my baby quails went blind! He cant open his eyes i went threw so much trouble to get his eyes to open... At this point ive had enough i turned the light bulb off and the quails just peeped the loudest peeps they can ever do... And kinda sleeped in one pile one on top of eachother my heart...

**Update** Clops has cleft eyelids and is blind in one eye. She is thriving so far. She's eating, drinking, pooping, and doing everything all her siblings are doing. * This thread has been changed into an advice, discussion, and update thread. Thank you everyone for everything you have to...