Help plese!!!!

[courtneyandbyro]

Hey there! This is my first time owning chickens. We first purchased 8 babies and and few days later one of the chicks eyes is swollen shut and looks nasty. Help what shouls i do!?

Also today we purchased six more chicks and when i got them home i realize that one chick is not moving and will barley open its eyes. I dont know to do. Please help!!

Thanks,
Courtney

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds as though you have purchased sick chicks. Did you get them from the same source, or different ones? The last set could just be weak. Give vitamins and electrolytes, or sugar in the water if you can't get the other. Swollen eyes if not from pecking are a sign of respiratory disease, ones such as MG or coryza. I would take the first ones back, and don't put the second set near them.