This is my 6 week old chick, Crybaby. Earlier this morning, I noticed her right eye looked different. Kind of glossy and slightly bigger than the other eye. My thinking at the time was that maybe she had her eye accidentally pecked by one of the others. I moved her to a small dog crate and have watched her all day. She isn't favoring the eye or keeping it closed and has been eating, drinking, pooing normally all day. While checking out different posts tonight, though, I have become more concerned as to what this is whether it be a possible eye infection or even mg. I haven't noticed any other symptoms such as coughing or nose discharge. However, one thing I have noticed in the past few weeks, is some of my chicks have sneezed.
This is my first time raising chicks and I got all 20 together from the local tsc at 1 week old and they haven't been exposed to other birds since that time although they went outside for the first time yesterday and I know that could be possible exposure. I did have 1 chick who recently died of unknown causes that was sick for 3 weeks, but she never had an eye issue.
Right before starting this post, I went to check my other chicks and to my dismay have found others with the same issue on their right eye as well. I'm afraid of what this could be. I just lost a chick that I tried caring for and it broke my heart so I really don't like even the remote possibility of losing more. I don't know what to do now. I can't separate them from the ones who don't have the issue because I have nothing I can put them in that they cannot get out of.
Since I have only just noticed this today, is it possible that going outside for the first time caused them to get a bit of an eye infection? It was in the 80s, but very windy. Or am I looking at something far worse? Also, what can I do for them to treat either infection or mg? Please help because I am at a loss what to do at this time. Thanks.
she kept moving so it's not a good pic, but you can just make out the pink crescent at the front of her eye in between the arrows.
This is my first time raising chicks and I got all 20 together from the local tsc at 1 week old and they haven't been exposed to other birds since that time although they went outside for the first time yesterday and I know that could be possible exposure. I did have 1 chick who recently died of unknown causes that was sick for 3 weeks, but she never had an eye issue.
Right before starting this post, I went to check my other chicks and to my dismay have found others with the same issue on their right eye as well. I'm afraid of what this could be. I just lost a chick that I tried caring for and it broke my heart so I really don't like even the remote possibility of losing more. I don't know what to do now. I can't separate them from the ones who don't have the issue because I have nothing I can put them in that they cannot get out of.
Since I have only just noticed this today, is it possible that going outside for the first time caused them to get a bit of an eye infection? It was in the 80s, but very windy. Or am I looking at something far worse? Also, what can I do for them to treat either infection or mg? Please help because I am at a loss what to do at this time. Thanks.
she kept moving so it's not a good pic, but you can just make out the pink crescent at the front of her eye in between the arrows.
