All of a sudden this thing came up in the morning

[Wyorp Rock]

I think this is possibly crystallised drainage from the eye and the chick is genuinely ill rather than just caked on food. The OP seems upset and considering that they lost a chick whilst trying to treat them and several chicks have closed eyes, I think it is probably more serious than just food on the face. Hopefully they will come back to update us and perhaps post more photos so that we can assess the problem more accurately.

Where are you located? It could possibly be fowl pox if there are mosquitoes out now. Has there been any excessive pecking, possibly injuring the chick. The eye looks weird. What does the other look like?

I don't think anyone is disputing the chick is/was genuinely ill. There is a bit of swelling on the face. I don't think anyone was saying that the problem was just food on the face either. The way the eye looks seems to have been the main topic since it is interesting. I admit it!

It was suggested the chick may have fowl pox. A good possibility. It could also have respiratory disease. The OP has struggled with several issues which seemed to be resolved? but it's very possible that whatever they have been dealing with since summer is now affecting this batch of chicks as well? IB, ND, Mycoplasma, ILT or one of the other many illnesses that affect chickens would all be on the table.
If the OP can give more information, that is always welcome.
Were these chicks IB-ND vaccinated?

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

^^ It's definitely food in the eye, look at the evidence on that beak!! Hahaha!!

 

[Eggcessive]

^^ It's definitely food in the eye, look at the evidence on that beak!! Hahaha!!

You have not been very helpful—everything seems to be a joke, and if you cannot offer help, it might be good to just read the thread. Sorry if this sounds harsh, and I don’t mean to offend, and I love that everyone can chime in and offer suggestions, but you seem to like to joke about everything on other threads as well. This is the emergency forum for a reason.

 

[orangesplash]

Ok so this wasnt feed, the watery eye started off exactly a day after i brought home 4 month old mottled bantams and the fault i made was that the 4 months olds were in the same rooms as the few days old chicks. i am 100% sure those chickens were sick and transferred their infections to my chicks.

I did Use Tylosin, Amoxicillin, Enfloricin etc.
Nothing helped. I ended up loosing 4 chicks. the survivors are 3 now.

The remaining chicks are perfectly alright. eating, running around... but i have learnt my lesson! never will i bring older chickens from other flocks that i am not sure of! maybe they were carriers of the diseases & they sure were!

 

[orangesplash]

what kind of chicken is this please ?

i got chicks from a person who has imported various breeds from Belgium and Holland. they were chicks of ringed/show winner birds. my bad luck to have lost so many. it was sheer careless-ness! i brought a batch of chickens from another flock and allowed them to be in the same room for upto 24 hours.

 

[dawg53]

Thanks for the update and I'm sorry for your losses.

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you for posting again, and please check in with any other questions. Many people have gone through the same bad experience bringing in new chickens. I have vowed to only get baby chicks from hatcheries, since chicks born elsewhere may be carriers of various diseases that can show up later.

 

[2 many chickens]

You have not been very helpful—everything seems to be a joke, and if you cannot offer help, it might be good to just read the thread. Sorry if this sounds harsh, and I don’t mean to offend, and I love that everyone can chime in and offer suggestions, but you seem to like to joke about everything on other threads as well. This is the emergency forum for a reason.

I have never seen a response from Shamo that was helpful. Not sure why he's even on this site. Real waste of time to be honest. Don't even bother with the little boy.