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Heat lamp on one side of the brooder, we monitor their behavior too to make sure they are feeling comfortable and spread out in there. And there's no drowning because we use one of those circular waterers for baby chicks that are as shallow as their foot.

Lost another chick just now with the same suddenness, if anyone has any idea please let me know

Just an update for the chick: She stayed in a separate box for about 3 days with a friend and her leg got better, and she eventually even jumped out of the little box I was keeping her in! I returned her to the big brooder and seeing that she was knocked around by the much larger chicks, I...

Hello, this post is kind of about two issues regarding my chicks, I am looking for help to keep my tiny chick alive while trying to find out why some died. We just got a bunch of chicks shipped to us 2 days ago, and one chick is only half the size of others and gets knocked around by the...

Just fed her some egg yolk since it's what we have on hand, and she absolutely loved it. I also removed the brace from her leg since she seemed to complain a lot and kept pecking at it. Hopefully her leg resolves itself so she can get back wit the others. Thank you!

Thank you, I'll look into potential vitamin supplements that might help. If it is a sprained leg or a deformity, it seems like we will just have to wait and see how the chick does. I've decided to put a loose wrapping around the knee to prevent the joint from being stressed too much or twisted...

For reference, here are close ups of her legs: The injured leg is the one on the right

Thank you for the responses. I tried to follow the linked video and steps to reposition the tendon, but it seemed to be in the correct spot already. It both looks and feels identical to the other leg, so maybe it is a strain? I did notice that the chick was a bit reluctant to bend her knee...

Hey folks, we recently ordered 51 chicks from meyers and lost about 12 out of 15 of the same breed within the first 2 days, the others were healthy and fine - only about 3 others died suddenly overnight. There was no heating pad during the delivery process for some reason, but we moved them...