Bump on chicks head

[cherieangelle]

The other day my chick started missing some hair on its head & its eye was closed. I rinsed its head off bc they were covered in chick feed bc I’ve been putting water in their feed & they dunk their heads in it. Its eye opened back up & looked fine, now its bald spot on its head is swollen. It was shaking its head this morning & I wiped some white gunk out of it.
Any idea what this could be??? & what do I need to do?!

 

[Eggcessive]

Could be signs of a respiratory disease, pecking, or possibly fowl pox. Have you seen mosquitoes near the chicks? I would clean the eye with saline or water, and apply some Terramycin or plain Neosporin ointment to the eye twice a day.

 

[cherieangelle]

Could be signs of a respiratory disease, pecking, or possibly fowl pox. Have you seen mosquitoes near the chicks? I would clean the eye with saline or water, and apply some Terramycin or plain Neosporin ointment to the eye twice a day.

I was thinking pecking at first like maybe they just pulled her feathers off that certain spot bc maybe there was a lot of chicken feed on its head right there but I will def do neosporin!

 

[Eggcessive]

Look for any drainage or crust from nostril or eyes, or eye bubbles. Those could be signs of a respiratory disease. Hopefully, the swollen eye is from pecking. Let us know how she gets along.