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The Terramycin might help to prevent infection, but the bluish swollen skin around the cloudy opaque eye, make me think it could be a punctured eye or bleed into or behind the eye. Is the chick acting normally, and is it able to find food and water?

Amoxicillin is usually given orally directly into the beak instead of mixing it with water. Most people use a 250 mg capsule, but there is a shortage of amoxicillin. Dosage by vets has been quoted in many threads here as 57 mg per pound, or 125-250mg orally twice a day for 7-10 days. Using this...

This is a duplicate thread. Here is the other one: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/name-that-poop-please-help-identify-the-issue.1624248/#post-27746015 Maybe the moderators could combine them.

I had a hen once have this watery dropping every day for 2 years. She never actually laid an egg, but went into the next box every other day for a hour, and acted like she had laid. She was suffering from some tipped of reproductive disorder, possibly false layer syndrome. I offered her to a...

It is possible that she was stung or is showing signs of fowl pox. A couple of months ago, your post then said that you were dealing with a possible respiratory disease. So, this could be fowl pox plus a secondary respiratory infection such as MG. Hard to know at this point. Do you see any...

I have limited experience with necropsies, but it would be good to see other pictures of the major organs, liver, intestines, etc. The last picture does look like a possible malignancy. The egg membrane and the yolk are probably from salpingitis infection. Your state vet can do a more thorough...

I don’t know how to look for coccidia under a microscope, but I would get some Toltrazuril or sulfa antibiotic from your vet. Take in a fresh sample of droppings right away. If you still have Corid, give her a drench of 0.1 ml per pound once a day. Corid dosage is 2 tsp per gallon of water for...

Sorry for your loss.

I hope that the chick continues to get better.

Is it hot where you live? Is she drinking more water than usual? Is her crop emptying by early morning? Crop disorders can cause excessive thirst to try and pass food that is stuck. Her droppings look to have some undigested seeds in it. Does she have access to poultry grit? Have you considered...

The best thing in the world for her is chick starter grower, and you can make a little of it watery like oatmeal fresh daily. A few bits of scrambled egg are okay as a treat. It sounds like she may have symptoms of a respiratory infection or disease. Is there any wet or mold in the straw? That...

Hens with water belly usually have very prominent lower belly’s. Their droppings may have yellow urates and can get caught under the vent since they don’t always clear the edge of the vent. A reproductive infection can also cause the yellow in the dropping. It can lead to coelomitis/egg yolk...

Are they on layer feed or all flock feed, and do you limit their treats? I prefer feeding layer feed when I have mostly layers, since it has 4% calcium versus 1% in all flock. Giving scraps or too many treats will reduce calcium, protein, and other nutrients. It may be that they are not taking...

The wound should be cleaned with something like saline or Vetericyn wound spray, and apply plain Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment twice daily. It should heal soon without a dressing. Watch for infection or pus in the wound. It sounds like she keeps getting away from the broody where others...

I would treat her for a crop disorder. See the article below by azygous. Crop disorders can happen with a reproductive disorder infection or ascites (water belly.) The yellow material in her dropping is usually seen with reproductive infections or with liver disease and water belly. Is her...