blind chick

**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...

I am still on the fence whether this chick is blind or not since its not even a day old but it sadly looks like it is because after having it nestle in my hand and putting it back into the brooder it calls even though my hand is right next to it, it also seems to walk into the walls in an...

Hi, I have a blind chick named Sofia. I wrote of her situation, at length, on the introduction thread, if anyone is interested in back story. She has to be hand fed because of blindness. She’s a picky eater as well, preferring soggy bread to most everything. (And hold the crust please, thank...

Hello all, We have only had peafowl for 2 years and are having our first hatchlings this year. One of them, which appears will be white, has something wrong with his eyes. One eye is enlarged and a red/pink color. The other eye is normal size and color but stays about 80% closed. From what we...

I some chicks via mail 3 days ago. There was a little bullying initially, but it stopped. I noticed one chick was weak so I started giving it water with vitamins with a paint brush. I just noticed it wasn't eating so I tried the paint brush method with some yogurt but when I picked it up both...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She is a 9 day old buckeye chick. She stays crouched down and doesn’t walk but I think she is smaller than the other 9. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She stays under heat lamp all the...

This baby chick barely opens its left eye, and it is a grey foggy color. Today we checked it’s eye again and it looks as if it’s buldging! What should I do, what can I do, any idea what’s wrong? Having a hard time uploading image hopefully it shows

This baby chick barely opens its left eye, and it is a grey foggy color. Today we checked it’s eye again and it looks as if it’s buldging! What should I do, what can I do, any idea what’s wrong?

So it has been officially a year since we found Mowgli. Mowgli was found in a large bin of other chicks and stood out the second I saw her. Mowgli was born without eyes. So a year almost to the week my wife happened to stumbled apon another chick this time a Leghorn whom was too born without...

I have an 11 day old baby chick which has started chirping nonstop and constantly walks in circles, bumping into whatever is in its way. It seems smaller than the other chicks its own age and its "feathers" (not wing feathers but the "fuzz" on its back) seem... uneven? Not sure if it is blind or...