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My chicks started looking better after about 12 hours. Chalk it up to a bad hair day? I think I'll still give them a bath but will wait until it'sa little warmer. Thanks for your help Julie.

I have two chicks and this started happening to one of them this morning and now it looks like it's happening to the other one as well. I was worried until I read your update and am very happy for both you and Sticky. I will definitely try to give them a bath tomorrow. I have pictures but I'm...

This has happened to one of my chicks as well. It was fine last night but then I looked at it this morning and it's hair looks like porcupine spikes. Has your chick gotten better?

I have a two week old baby chick that seems to have what looks like brittle feathers. It was fine last night then when I cam home from class today I noticed that it looked like someone had sprayed hairspray on it. Can anyone please help me? I have some pictures of it but I don't know how to post...

I put in some pine wood chips today covered with tissue paper. They still seem to eat some small chips every now and then but I have it covered pretty good so that it's difficult. My concern is that one of them started walking low to the ground a few hours ago. Is this something I should be...

Thanks for all the advice guys. I put a red bulb in today and they seem to be sleeping a lot more now. I also bought some starter feed which although they don't enjoy it as much as the oatmeal I gave them on the first day, they still eat it. I will probably try to put the soft wood bedding in...

First I would like to thank you guys for reading this. I work at an airline cargo office and somehow when we were shipping the baby chicks two got out and missed their flight so I brought them home. This is the second day that I have had them and have some questions. My first question is about...