Injured chick! --what's wrong with her eye?-- *RIP my little one*

[Moonkit]

All right.. I'll give it another rinse/neosporin paint job tonight then. It seemed to work better to do it when the other chicks were sleepy. Less interest in picking on the "wet" one.

 

[Moonkit]

Well.. bad news.. I checked my little one today and now she has tiny clear bubbles appearing in both eyes.. CRD is what a search on the forums turned up.. dammit. I've taken her away from the rest of the flock and switched them back to medicated starter. She's tucked into my shirt right now to keep warm. I treated her with another eye wash and Terramycin ointment. However, now I'm torn on what to do. Cull? What about her sisters? They all seem healthy and thriving. I was planning to go out and purchase 4 more chicks tomorrow to complete my flock, now I'm not so sure that's a good idea.

Please help!

edit: I think there is mucus coming from her nose now too..

 

[Miyashi]

Poor baby bird!
I hope someone can help you out.
Best of luck to your little peep!
<3<3<3<3<3

 

[Moonkit]

Luck wasn't with her.. she was starting to have to gasp for breath, had a 'wet' sound to her peeps and breathing.. I couldn't stand to watch her suffer more. I had my dad cull her to end her suffering after giving her a last cuddle. Why is always the sweet ones? Is there anything I could have done to prevent this? I have them in a big plastic tote with sand at the bottom, a brinsea ecoglow on one side, food and water at the other end. We cut most of the "inner rectangle" of the lid away and put hardware mesh over it.. was that not enough ventilation?