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  1. Kate T.

    Help! Im new and one of my two chicks is not doing well.

    I just went to offer her yogurt and she refused it but went over to her dish and ate chick start for minutes. I think she is fine now. She was drinking from her jug too. The healthy chick refused the yogurt all along so I'm gonna take it as a good sign that she doesn't seem to need it any more...
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    Help! Im new and one of my two chicks is not doing well.

    The sugar water helped! I did offer it to her as a supplement and kept their jug of fresh water in their bucket. She started eating on her own yesterday and was eating very healthy last night. This morning I let them out of their bucket for a stretch and she was flapping her wings and was eating...
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    Help! Im new and one of my two chicks is not doing well.

    I just read up on grit. She for sure will need that. The feed store that I bought the chicks from never mentioned it and I had no idea. I fed them ants last week and the one who is not doing well especially loved them. I feel horrible. Poor baby.
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    Help! Im new and one of my two chicks is not doing well.

    Thank you again. No poop cake on the behind. Food is 18% protein. Not sure what grit is so I will google that. I have never felt a crop before so I gave that a whirl. I would have to say that it felt empty? After giving her sugar water last night and again this morning she did go over to her...
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    Help! Im new and one of my two chicks is not doing well.

    Thank you so much for your reply! I have not tried sugar water. I can try that. Their poops seem to vary from moment to moment. A lot of times their poop looks normal and other times it looks runny. As I said it can change from normal to runny and vice versa in the matter of minutes. I might...
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    Help! Im new and one of my two chicks is not doing well.

    Hello. I am raising my first two chicks ever. I have raised a dozen ducklings over the years without any issues. Currently my two turkens are about 10 days old. From the beginning their personalities were different and one of them was much more of a "pig". They are both growing albeit the...
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