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The blind chicken I told you about earlier has glazed eyes. I could not tell you if they seem set back or not.
To be honest, I could not tell you if mine was blind from birth or if it came on at a certain point. We just always noticed that she was not sociable like the rest. We had 10 white broilers that grew up with the rest of the flock. She was our only other white one and for some reason, the other breeds picked on the broiler birds. (Probably should have separated them, but I am a first year learner.) I assumed she stayed away because the other white ones were always being picked on.
My 13 yr old daughter was the one who noticed she was blind after she had been missing for 3 days and was found in the cornfield.
We never tried anything as far as medication because she was the only one in the flock who acted this way and is the only problem bird we have had. Snowball gets special attention and lots of extra love now. If she hears our voice, she is fine, but she gets squirly if we forget to let her know we are in the coop and she hears us. She lays eggs. (Sometimes in the bottom nesting box and sometimes in the middle of the coop floor) She sees shadows... I guess I would qualify her as legally blind.
I was going to get rid of her but didn't have the heart. She is so sweet. We thinned out the rooster population and she has been much happier than she was before. She was an easy target for the boys.
Biggest problem we have is that my chickens free range on 3 acres and she gets to wondering and is confused. There is an "Operation Find Snowball" a couple times a month!
Mostly she stays in and close to the coop.
