- Mar 24, 2012
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So after 10 years of being a member, I finally have chicks! I bought them saturday from a local poultry farm. They were 2 weeks old when I purchased them, aging up on Tuesday so they should be 3 weeks old now. I have a lavender orp, a plymouth barred rock, and a silkie (for my daughter).
One of them, the lavender orpington AKA Ethel is prissy thing and I would like advice and uplifting stories.
There is always something up with her. She isn't as active as the other two and sleeps a large amount which has me concerned. So about three to four times a day, I use a medicine dropper to give her some sav-a-chick electrolytes. Today, I'm trying it just in the waterer and then when I change the water tonight, i'll go back to regular water. I change the water twice a day in the brooder.
I bought the feed that is specially milled for the farm I got her from and they have OGS mixed in due through their partnership. So nothing has changed for as far as feed is concerned. The farm also vaccinates them for mareks and are treated against coccidia.
This special treatment has seemed to help her but she is still a very sleepy thing. This morning, I woke up and she has dried blood on her wing. I got paper towels soaked in warm water and carefully picked that off. There doesn't seem to be any visible cause and the other two chicks don't peck her. On the contrary, when they're done running around and tired, they'll find her and sleep all tucked together.
She has no pasty butt and thankfully her bowels do seem to be in working order. We switch between two brooder lights to maintain a temp of about 90 degrees directly under the light. One light is weaker and we use it for the daytime when our house is warmer and is also a white light and the other red one we use at night since its quite strong and we are cold sleepers in our house.
Is there anything else I can do for her? Have you had uppity chicks that need more care making it into adulthood fine?
One of them, the lavender orpington AKA Ethel is prissy thing and I would like advice and uplifting stories.
There is always something up with her. She isn't as active as the other two and sleeps a large amount which has me concerned. So about three to four times a day, I use a medicine dropper to give her some sav-a-chick electrolytes. Today, I'm trying it just in the waterer and then when I change the water tonight, i'll go back to regular water. I change the water twice a day in the brooder.
I bought the feed that is specially milled for the farm I got her from and they have OGS mixed in due through their partnership. So nothing has changed for as far as feed is concerned. The farm also vaccinates them for mareks and are treated against coccidia.
This special treatment has seemed to help her but she is still a very sleepy thing. This morning, I woke up and she has dried blood on her wing. I got paper towels soaked in warm water and carefully picked that off. There doesn't seem to be any visible cause and the other two chicks don't peck her. On the contrary, when they're done running around and tired, they'll find her and sleep all tucked together.
She has no pasty butt and thankfully her bowels do seem to be in working order. We switch between two brooder lights to maintain a temp of about 90 degrees directly under the light. One light is weaker and we use it for the daytime when our house is warmer and is also a white light and the other red one we use at night since its quite strong and we are cold sleepers in our house.
Is there anything else I can do for her? Have you had uppity chicks that need more care making it into adulthood fine?
I got a replacement chick and a blue plymouth rock while Iwas there and am much happier with their dispositions. I think she was doomed from the start by comparison unfortunately 
