Chick with squinted eye and nasal discharge

Plant_Hoarder

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May 2, 2022
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Hello, my father just recently ordered and received a shipment of about 20 4-6 day old dark brahma chicks. They all came in with pretty obvious angel wing but other than than nothing else seemed off. I've since been treating them with a chick water supplement but plan on switching them to a diluted nutridrench until the angel wing corrects. Anyways, we lost 2 chicks about 2 days apart from an unknown illness. They both exhibited leg weakness and one had a very limp wing. Not only this, but they also had little to no appetite and rapidly lost interest tin water until their deaths a day later. After those two died, all seemed well. However, this afternoon I went out to the brooder and found a chick with a squinted eye that didn't run like the rest when I approached. I grabbed it and it didn't try to run, only stood up. I've moved it to an isolation cage and noticed nasal discharge accompanied by excessive beak wiping, scratching, and shaking. To boot, the chick pooped 3 times in the span of 10 minutes, the third poop being orange in color. The other two were a normal dark brown with a usual amount of white urea. It's appetite seems normal as it pecked and ate some chick feed on its own accord. Anyone know what this could be/ how to treat? Not trying to lose anymore, thanks all!
 

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It's hard to see the eye, can you take some well lit photos?

Photos of all of the chicks and the brooder may be helpful too.

General care for eyes is to flush/clean with saline removing any pus/debris, etc., then put Terramycin eye ointment in the eye.

Perhaps she was pecked in the eye or got some dust/dander/fluff/bedding or food in the eye, it can be hard to know.
Sometimes an eye problem can be due to illness as well.

If they came from a large major hatchery, it's less likely they have an illness.

If you are seeing leg weakness, then you may want to check that your chick starter is in date and also give them poultry vitamins that contain B2 (Riboflavin) which is not found in Poultry Nutri-Drench.
 

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