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    Sick Chick

    Thanks, I'll do some searching. First step, search how I find the crop on her body!
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    Sick Chick

    Our chick is still sick. Today, she drank some water and about 10 minutes later when my son picked her up, she "threw up" the water. My best guess (and I'm totally new to chickens), is that she ate something she shouldn't have. Please, any ideas on how to help her?
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    Sick Chick

    Thanks for the reply! I kept her inside yesterday, with a heat lamp (red, 100 watt) while the other chicks were out. She was in alone, in a box with clean pine shavings, water, medicated start & grow food with chick grit mixed in. In about 7 hours she made only one, small, mostly white poop (no...
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    Sick Chick

    We have 10 6 week old chicks. We hatched them from a friend's eggs so they are a mix of pullets and cockerels. They have mostly lived in large boxes inside our home as their run/coop was not ready and it has been unusually cold. During this week though they are spending their days in the run...
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