She's being raised by her mother. She's been getting around fine, her mom taught her to eat, drink, get around, and she spends an even amount of time underneath her mom and being active. Okay, thank you for information!
I hatched it about 2 weeks ago. I didn't see any problems with constipation, mushy chick, or infected navel in the past weeks. I've been making sure it's drinking enough water. Thank you for the advice, I will do that. Is it possible the poop irritated her vent and that's why it's swollen?
My 2 wk and 4 day old Silkie chick had pasty butt which I just noticed this morning when I let the chickens out. It was covering her vent and I just cleaned it off with a warm towel with water. I've had experience with pasty butt before with my first batch of chicks, but this time I noticed that...