I think that their crop was just really full, because they aren’t sick and are eating well. The brooder isn’t big because I only have three chicks (when they grow up they will be sent to a coop with ten other chickens). I change their water and bedding almost everyday and their food isn’t...
They are Isa browns and Rhode Island reds.
I am starting to think that they are just doing this to digest since they don’t seem to be sick. So hopefully they’re just digesting?
My new chicks have recently started to gasp (sometimes), shake their head rapidly, and one of them seems to sleep a lot and not eat as much as the others. Apparently, they shake their heads and gasp when they have gapeworms, but my chicks are only a week and a half old, so it’s not very likely...
Thank you so much! (I’m not feeding them any medicated feed) I’ve been searching for any explanations online, and I was worried that they might have aspergillosis or gape worms (they shake their head, one sleeps a lot, they gasp sometimes, etc) but they are only a week old so probably not gape...
I got a couple of baby chicks for the first time, and the poop of one of my Rhode Island reds seems to be pink. Could this be blood? The poop in the first picture has a red spot in it. This chick also seems to eat less than the others and has less energy (not lethargic though). Could this be...