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It could also be an allergy to something. I've had a few chicks over the years display this also. One time I took the vitamin mix out of the water and saw improvement. I've concluded if it's not a deficiency or reaction, it's crazy chick syndrome.

I agree with other poster, it's an awful cramped space. No room for shelter from storms, and no where to put them when problems like this arise. I'd work on a much bigger coop! Room improves health, makes for a cleaner environment, less stress and happier birds.

I don't think it is hawks or owls. They aren't head rippers. They start tearing at the body. I think it's a small four legged predator. I think skunks attack the head also. I had a rooster once whose head was bitten by what I believe a skunk (the smell was in the area the day before). He...

Surprise! Chicks startled by the flash.

One of my girls scoping out the wooded area!

Girls checking out the chicken tractor!

Darn, she found me! "You can call here, chick, chick, chick all you want! I'm not leaving this roost til spring! Now bring me my mealworms!"

The view from here is simply amazing.

It worked! So simple, yet I tried to do it the hard way! Ah well. Figures. Thanks guys for all your input.

Ok, did the mouse thing and it looks like that will work.

3/04/2018 3:00 pm

Well, Save a Chick doesn't have the vitamins that she would need. I would look for a more complete vitamin mix without the added salt. Or try the drop of Vit E oil from the people vitamin aisle. Avian Super Pack is a good choice for birds and it doesn't have salt as first ingredient. Would...

If there is a lot of sawdust in your shavings you need to make sure the chicks have chick grit. Just put a few small piles in their brooder once a week. They will eat that sawdust and they could get plugged up somewhere along that disgestive tract if they eat too much and don't have grit...

Is the brooder outside? I would be surprised if it was IB unless the chicks are exposed outside to other chickens. I think I have read there is some disease cats can transmit to chickens, but I don't think it was respiratory. Had more to do with mice and diseases they carry. Personally, I...

If it doesn't look as bad as the picture, and doesn't look infected, just continue to monitor. There may be some infection in there that needs cleaning out. If it doesnt look like it is getting better in a week, I would start some penicillin injections in a week. You can get that at feed...