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    4 week old chick unwell

    Thanks guys for your messages, its good to know i can come on here and get advice.
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    4 week old chick unwell

    I tried apple cider vinegar and water etc but still did not perk up, kept being sick with fluid after I gave her drink. She died at 7pm and we was in tears me and my daughter. I think she had mareks disease as had all the symptoms. She was pecked when born by her mum at 1 day old on the head...
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    4 week old chick unwell

    This morning she is still laying in same position on her side but still breathing. No chirping for couple of days now. What should i do, try massaging crop again? she is my first ever chick as well. :(
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    4 week old chick unwell

    She was walking around in circles and not mixing with the other chicks so knew there was something wrong. I did put all my chicks outside for a whole afternoon as it was warm but wondered whether that affected her. Perhaps I should not have put her out at 4 weeks old.
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    4 week old chick unwell

    Thanks for advice, she is still with us and we have been out all day expecting her to have gone but still shallow breathing, I tried again tonight with sugared water and then oil and dipped the beak in and she was drinking, wait until the morning now, still motionless though. Surprised she is...
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    4 week old chick unwell

    My silkie chick has stopped eating and drinking and is laying down and stopped chirping, the crop was squishy so gave a little olive oil on beak and then she started sicking up yellow fluid, she is now laying motionless and shook head a couple of times. Not sure if she will survive the night...
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    What gender

    Thanks guys, will post pics later.
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    What gender

    My silkie, 4 weeks old, any idea?
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    What brooder to use

    My chicks are 2 weeks old and now and too big for there small container they are in now, what is best to use next after this?
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    Pecked chick

    Do you always have to separate the cockerel from chicks?
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    Pecked chick

    I had 1 chick hatch out today by my pair of silkies, they were all fine and chick was hidden under mum , later when we looked we find the hen and cockerel had been pecking all over one side of chicks head so took him out straight away, is it normal for mum and dad to behave in this way?
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    When chick arrives

    No I have not got any lamp or heat, I have him in a cardboard box with lots of bedding and keeping him under cupboard lights in kitchen, will keep lights on over night and have hot water bottle. Should I still get a lamp?
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    When chick arrives

    Day 21, my chick arrived, mum was looking after it and the cockerel took no notice and stayed away at other end of coop and by the afternoon we found the hen and cockerel had been pecking his head all over one side, so took chick out immediately and looking after him indoors, he is walking fine...
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    When chick arrives

    Day 19 and waiting to see if my 1 egg hatches, I am tempted to buy some fertilised polish eggs to put under my silkie hen after this one but would she sit on them for another 3 weeks?
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    When chick arrives

    Would the mum look after the sexed chicks though or will she reject them?
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