Recent content by Amy R

I just wanted to follow up and say thank you. The second chick didn't make it:( I did get 2 more and kept them seperate from the teenagers. After observing runny poops in all of them I took others advice and put everyone on corid. Everyone is doing great! Thank you for taking the time to help me:)

I just want to say Thank you to everyone. I put them on Corid for 5 days. Everyone is doing great!

Hi there, I know this is an old thread but i have the same situation with a new chick. She cant seem to keep her eyes open. Everything else seems fine. What ever happened to yours?

Medicated feed. I did give them a little plain yogurt but the one in question didnt seem that interested in it. ...

Pretty much the whole thing. The second baby died.:( I went back to the store i bought them from and they assured me they were having no problems. I took home two more and a thermometer to make sure i had the temps right. These two seem fine and happy. I have them seperated from the bigger girls...

Thank you so much. Its not reddish at all. Its green. And its the poop itself that looks like a worm, not worms in the poop. Its strange. It sounds gross but when i try to smear it it sticks together. Not at all normal poop. Like a green tiny piece of spaghetti. I have seen nothing like it in...

I can't seem to post a pic... So sorry:( but thank you all for your advice!

I brought home 2 silkies and after a week they both died. Became lethargic and wouldnt eat or drink.they were with some bigger birds so we wondered if they werent being allowed near the food although there was no evidence of this. I I brought home 2 more from same store ( they are now...

Thank you for your reply! I wasnt able to get antibiotics but i switched everyone to medicated feed. The little one goes between sleeping to chirping non stop. Poor thing. I have the lamp at 90 degrees. I have a mix of pedialite and b vitamins that i give her drops of from time to time. I havnt...

Please forgive me if i posted this elsewhere....i cant seem to see where it went. I brought home 2, oneday old,silkies and 2, onemonth old,bigger breeds. I have had them a week. I woke up to find one silkie dead and one on her way:(. I have spent the last 2 hours spoon feeding her sugar water...

Please help! We got 4 chicks from the feed store last week. 2 day old silkies and 2 4 week old larger breeds. I woke up this morning to a dead silkie:( and one on its way. It couldnt even lift its head up, poor thing. I force fed it some sugar water with a spoon for the last 2 hours while...