LorryElizabeth
In the Brooder
- Mar 25, 2023
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We have four baby chicks that a hatchery yesterday morning. All four arrived in seemingly good health and all ate and drank right away. They spent most of their day and pretty much all night under their radiant heater. This morning, we noticed that one baby didn't seem to want to come out from under the heater. The others were eating and drinking, but she never did. We moved her out from under the heater, and she drank -- a lot -- and then went right back under. She still isn't coming out voluntarily, and hasn't eaten anything. We noticed one eye wasn't quite opening (it was fine yesterday). Posting pictures of her "bad" eye and good eye in hopes you can help us identify if something might be going on that we need to treat. Could she have gotten pecked/scratched in that eye or is it a sign of an infection?