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Thank you! Yip we have checked her for injuries and parasites and crop issues. We will add the VitE. Thanks for the suggestion!

Update: the poor baby all of a sudden perked up for a minute then had a seizure and died. I have no idea why and the other chicks are doing fine.

Hi all Posting on behalf of my father. He hatched a small brood of chickens and they seem to be doing great. They are in the greenhouse with the ability to roam and scratch around but still have a lamp and warm safe spot to sleep. We had a bad storm here last night and looks like their water...

An update as requested. She is still making that strange sound. Still backing away and pawing at her chest. She is eating and drinking though and although still skinny, she does not seem any worse.

This is amazingly helpful thank you. They are all free range and have about an acre to scratch around. We don’t have crushed oyster shells but plenty of grit for them to pick up while scratching around.

Apparently 3 days

Her poop looks normal It’s my fathers flock but he has dewormed Nothing of note by her neck. No large pin feathers or anything odd like that No eggs yet I believe. Although it’s hard to tell when she is with her flock And yes we have a rooster but she is separated at the moment And ye that...

Please help figure out what is wrong with our chicken. I have tried to look online but not found anything that explains this behaviour. Chicken is eating and drinking. Approx 8 months old. No other chickens showing the same symptoms. Seems fine in itself but keeps pawing at its chest/crop...

How old is she? And what do her feet and legs look like? If you could post some photos it would be helpful since it could be something easily fixed like straddle leg. So far in my 2 years experience there can be a whole load of reasons why it’s struggling to stand

Posting an update here. The chick was getting weaker yesterday and even though I had here next to or with me all the time, there was no improvement. She was even peeing less than she had before. Her crop was full up, so much so that she was struggling to swallow when she drank water. She spent...

Wow a tsp each time that’s more than I was giving for sure. Ok here it comes! Thank you coach

Thanks. Her crop feels very full. She is drinking better today but seems to struggle swallowing. As if she can’t fit more in. Luckily I did not need to encourage her, she drank on her own. So far she just wants to sleep. No exploring of her environment. And her butt is always dirty with the...

Thank you! The air sac is slightly larger today but she seems to be breathing ok. I am still doing coconut oil and gave her another bum soak today but she is still not passing any solid poop. She is really straining and pushing but just the usual white liquid comes out. She is still eating and...

Sadly no one around here seems to stock it. I have ordered some online in the meantime but will continue to look tomorrow.

Hey everyone. We had 3 chicks hatch on Tuesday from an incubator. One had a bit of shell stuck to its back and wing. A bit like a hunchbacked tortoise. It’s weaker and smaller than the other 2 chicks so I am trying to nurse it back to health. These are my fathers hobby but I do all the sad...