Chicks pecking each other's eyes. How can I prevent it?

Switch to a ceramic heat emitter and use a blue light for light. After the first 3 days, give them 8 hours of dark each night.

Pet stores carry them but cheaper here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110V-150W-P...Reptile-Heater-Brooder-Light-US-/161139800976

They last longer and are more efficient. They can break but if they do they don't make the mess a lamp does.

ETA
Red hides blood and wounds but blue is calming to chickens.

 

They probably will if they don't cause injury first. Having more space usually helps too.

Ceramic is all I've used for the last couple years. Otherwise you can't provide a dark period.
An Eco-glow brooder is a non-light method too but it's pricey.

 

If only one is getting pecked, you might try removing it for a day or so. You'll have to do so anyway if they draw blood.

 

This is a ticklish issue. I've always cringed at the possibility of my chicks pecking each others eyes. Several have pecked ME in the eye, so I have reason to be afraid!

There's every reason to believe bright light, and especially if it's on 24/7, causes extra stress as well as magnifying the attraction of their black, shiny little eyes.

From the very first day, I stretch a dark shade cloth over the brooder at nightfall between the heat lamp and the chicks, to simulate night time. It relieves the stress caused by continual light bombardment, but it also establishes the rhythm of day and night, so important later for egg development.

It's easy to buy one or two yards of red or green cloth at a fabric shop at minimal cost. Just be careful the cloth doesn't come into contact with the heat lamp. Or, if you love to "re-purpose" stuff, drape an old bathrobe over the brooder, or an old bath towel!

 

In all the years I have been raising chickens I have never had this problem until this year. One chick has died from it and several others are damaged. I found the culprit and put her in another box but any other advise would be great.