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Weak and one eye went cloudy

HeatherinLoomis

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Jul 6, 2020
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We purchased 16 chicks from Meyer hatchery. They will be 2 weeks old on Mon. 2 have already died (at 2 days old, and 1 week old.)
Another became weak today and one eye is closed. When we pull up the lid, her eye has become colorless and cloudy. It used to be black.
Any ideas what's going on?
I suspect she will pass away tonight.

Don't understand why they are dying with no signs of any issues (except this one.) we have raised chicks before, multiple times, with no issues. So, we know what we are doing.

Any ideas are helpful. I have already contacted the hatchery. They aren't much help.
 
We purchased 16 chicks from Meyer hatchery. They will be 2 weeks old on Mon. 2 have already died (at 2 days old, and 1 week old.)
Another became weak today and one eye is closed. When we pull up the lid, her eye has become colorless and cloudy. It used to be black.
Any ideas what's going on?
I suspect she will pass away tonight.

Don't understand why they are dying with no signs of any issues (except this one.) we have raised chicks before, multiple times, with no issues. So, we know what we are doing.

Any ideas are helpful. I have already contacted the hatchery. They aren't much help.
I'm sorry to hear about your losses.

Do you have photos of the chicks and brooder setup?

Of the chick's eye too, please. Could she have been pecked in the eye and blinded?

What are you feeding?

What's the temperature of the brooder on the warm side and the cool side?

Have you offered any supplements or added anything to their water?

Have you treated for Coccidiosis?

What symptoms do you see before they die? Anything = not eating/drinking, lethargy, puffing up, peeping non stop...?
 
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I'm sorry to hear about your losses.

Do you have photos of the chicks and brooder setup?

Of the chick's eye too, please. Could she have been pecked in the eye and blinded?

What are you feeding?

What's the temperature of the brooder on the warm side and the cool side?

Have you offered any supplements or added anything to their water?

Have you treated for Coccidiosis?

What symptoms do you see before they die? Anything = not eating/drinking, lethargy, puffing up, peeping non stop...?
we are feeding Purina unmedicated starter crumble.

Temp is 90 in the warm side and 80 on the cool side. (But that's with a digital meat thermometer- so I don't think it's super accurate.)

They have electrolytes in their water, and they all ate grow gel from the hatchery when they arrived home. We've offered egg yolk, but not a lot of takers.

If anything, the ones that have died will be lethargic and sleepy. Nothing else. Not making noise or peeping a lot.

the one with the weird eye is still alive and seems to have more energy. But now we have another very weak one- out only polish chick. She can barely wake up and won't move. She won't eat or drink.
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Here are the photos of the one with the weird eye. Pictures of both eyes. One is black. The other looks like it doesn't exist anymore.
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