Kale and Quail
In the Brooder
- May 11, 2021
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Hi there, I incubated a batch of 24 eggs,out of them 15 hatched which are Pharoah and 1 Texas A&M hatched from a batch of 6 which I had incubated with the rest if the eggs.
The now little yellow Texas A&M chick has one closed eye , I thought it may have been because I gave them bathing sand a few days ago and it for grit in the eye.
I tried bathing the eye with a syringe of saline solution but noticed the is in fact a white spot like a cataract on the eye.
The chick is eating and drinking but Id say not quite as energised as the other chicks. I'm now worried about encephalomyelitis having googled that cataract can be a sign of that disease in chicks. I noticed another chick also with its same left eye closed so I have separated them together in a clear high walled tray, within my brooder so they can still see the others but not be in contact with the poo which I've read is how it's spread. Not sure if I'm over reacting or how common this is - also if this infection is egg borne do you think I could go back to the seller I got the eggs from and get a refund or anything for selling me dodgy eggs? I thought additionally that its strange it has potentially cropped up in the Texas a&m first and only that chick - which would make sense if the egg borne disease had been present there originally only .
Thanks!
The now little yellow Texas A&M chick has one closed eye , I thought it may have been because I gave them bathing sand a few days ago and it for grit in the eye.
I tried bathing the eye with a syringe of saline solution but noticed the is in fact a white spot like a cataract on the eye.
The chick is eating and drinking but Id say not quite as energised as the other chicks. I'm now worried about encephalomyelitis having googled that cataract can be a sign of that disease in chicks. I noticed another chick also with its same left eye closed so I have separated them together in a clear high walled tray, within my brooder so they can still see the others but not be in contact with the poo which I've read is how it's spread. Not sure if I'm over reacting or how common this is - also if this infection is egg borne do you think I could go back to the seller I got the eggs from and get a refund or anything for selling me dodgy eggs? I thought additionally that its strange it has potentially cropped up in the Texas a&m first and only that chick - which would make sense if the egg borne disease had been present there originally only .
Thanks!
