Chick keeping one eye closed

[Chickenlady0512]

One of my silkie chicks keeps his left eye closed almost all the time. It has been like that for maybe a week. He is 5 weeks old. He will open it occasionally. No swelling or discharge. He is acting normal and is eating and drinking fine! Does anyone know what could be wrong? I bought Terramycin ointment to put in his eye and started that last night

 

[azygous]

It may have been pecked or a bit of foreign matter may be in it. Does the chick scratch at it? A chicken will keep an eye closed when it hurts. The proper care is flushing with saline eye wash once a day and Terramycin twice a day until the eye is better.

 

[Chickenlady0512]

It may have been pecked or a bit of foreign matter may be in it. Does the chick scratch at it? A chicken will keep an eye closed when it hurts. The proper care is flushing with saline eye wash once a day and Terramycin twice a day until the eye is better.

He does not scratch at it!

 

[coopcarter]

It may have been pecked or a bit of foreign matter may be in it. Does the chick scratch at it? A chicken will keep an eye closed when it hurts. The proper care is flushing with saline eye wash once a day and Terramycin twice a day until the eye is be

 

[coopcarter]

I have a 4 week old chick that is going off by herself and has 1 eye closed. I'm wondering what you ended up doing for yours and if it resolved the issue?