Newly hatched chick with bulging eyes

[SleepyDinos]

This chick hatched out last night with bulging eyes, and I decided to see if it would get better at all if I let em rest for a bit. This morning I noticed that not only had its eyes not gotten better, but it also seemed smaller and its egg that it hatched from was bloodier than the rest. It was the last one to hatch. It’s running around and chirping just fine, but it seems a little slow to catch on, and it doesn’t fully open its eyes very often. I believe it is 1/4 Buff Orpington, 1/4 Salmon Favorelles, and 1/2 White Leghorn. All of the other chicks are normal looking and seem to be as happy as a chick could be. Here are some pictures:

Last night

This Morning (I’m not squeezing him, just gently holding him)

Size compared to the others

Shell

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Egg seems pretty normal honestly. Size could be normal too. Eyes.... well, I'd give it another few days to go to normal before culling. When I had chicks with bulging eyes, they were more than yours seems to be within a couple days

 

[SleepyDinos]

Okay, thank you

 

[SleepyDinos]

Do you know what could cause this?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you know what could cause this?

My family always called it hydrocephalus, but we're not sure if that's actually what it was. We think we had a bad gene in one of our hens but it only happened one summer