Week old chick with eye injury? or no eye?

[chickgarden]

We hatched Silkie chicks a week ago. We had 14 and have given some away so it's easier to tell them apart now. While checking for pasty butt I noticed one chick with it's eye closed. It has a dryish patch above the eye. When I gently raise the eyelid we can see a watery looking gray area, but it's hard to tell if there is actually an eye. It's eating and drinking and active, hanging out with the other chicks. Any ideas on what I should do, or not do?

 

[eggbert420]

Idont know. I'm just posting to bump this. Hopefully someone will be able to help you.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

You can try keeping the eye rinsed and cleaned with saline and apply some Vetericyn eye gel or Terramycin eye ointment to the eye if it seems dried out or crusty.

There's no way to know what is going on with the eye at the moment unless you have a vet that can check it out.