PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!

[ChilliPepper]

What are you feeding them, where are they housed, do you have older birds?....

I would assume its a feed problem, but need more details... Looks like an Australorp?

Scramble an egg and cook it and feed it to the chick; and some fresh water with electrolytes or sugar/apple cider vinegar, about a tbsp of each with the sugar and ACV if you don't have a vitamin electrolyte powder handy.

I am feeding them chick starter, they are housed in my room with a heat lamp (and a heater if they need it when its really cold), they pretty much have lots of water to drink and lots of food to eat. The farm that I bought them from said that they were a cross breed (Unknown breed since my parents bought them). We do have an older Modern game (she is about 3 years old and has had no injuries or sickness). Although Evee (chick that is sick) is very much alive and chirps and always pecks at the hay that she sits on, she can't seem to move my her self.

 

[shortgrass]

Ok, 2 more questions; is the feed medicated? And what kind of bedding?

Ideas to look into... I would search for you and paste some links, but I'm limited on time at the moment...

1. Vitamin deficiency. Especially the Bs...

2. Coccidiosis. Scratch this one if the feed is medicated

3 spraddke leg from slipping on slippery bedding or surface.

Start with those before moving on to more serious ailments; sometimes looking at all the symptoms can make one get overwhelmed with possible problems. The chick is eating, that's a good sign. Oh 3rd question, what does the poo look like? Normal, runny, funny colored? Etc etc...

 

[LeafBlade12345]

She may also have a slipped tendon, which can be corrected by using a splint.

 

[ChilliPepper]

Her bedding is hay, so its not slippery, I'm not sure if her feed is medicated or not.

 

[LeafBlade12345]

How old is she? What is her feed called? It should say on the bag.

 

[ChilliPepper]

She is around about 2-3 weeks old and the people that sold us the chicken also gave us a bag of chick starter

 

[casportpony]

Can you post a picture of her poop? FYI, chicks on medicated feed can get coccidiosis.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I had one like that but it was only 3-5 days old. I gave them some agrilab vitamin and electrolytes in their water. ( it doesn't have iron) it took a few days but now my chick is 4 weeks and strong. I was told it could be a Vitamin B deficancy. I too use a chick starter that is medicated because I don't know what nest conditions were like before they were shipped to me.

Good suggestion and probably worth trying.

-Kathy

 

[Deise]

Has anyone heard of a chicken's comb shrinking?

 

[casportpony]

Has anyone heard of a chicken's comb shrinking?

I know it can happen when they get dehydrated.

-Kathy