I bought six chicks nearly a week ago(three RIRs and three Cochins) and I am worried about one of them. Elvis, my Blue Cochin, is two weeks old and doesn't have nearly as many feathers as both the other Cochins and the RIRs who are a week younger. He feels lighter than those his age and the feathers on his wings closest to his body look as though they've been clipped. He doesn't drink enough water, I have tried so many things to get him to drink more. He sleeps flat out instead of in a ball, and can not perch yet. Most worrisome are his wings as a whole. If he extends them and then tries to retract them one sticks straight out for longer than the other, and holds them kind of funny as a general rule.
Other than those things he is wonderful, smart, cute and pretty but I am worried.
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Contest I am hosting: Colour Parade - undetermined closing date










