Update:
Little bird died today.
A few weeks ago when she got strong enough to run around, I noticed she moved stiffly and seemed off balance. A week or so ago I noticed that one of her feet seemed to be turned slightly outward. Over the last week I watched it get worse and turn into a very...
Update: 5.5 weeks. Still alive, still weird. She has some wing feathers, but none anywhere else. The Welsummer in the first photo is 8ish weeks old, but all the others are 5-6 weeks, hatched the same time as Tiny.
Sure. My chickens aren't locked up inside, so they actually eat tons of stuff besides their feed.
But diet isn't really the question here. Only one bird is growing strangely. I'm curious if others have had similar experiences.
Chick starter grower crumble , Purina brand, unmedicated.
Also put some sav-a-chick electrolytes in their water for the first week. Occasional treats include canned corn or mashed hardboiled egg, wetted down chick crumble, and bugs. But not more than once a day for that stuff.
Hi all, meet my lavender ameraucana. Her name was supposed to be Lavender, but now I call her Tiny, because she just... doesn't seem to grow.
I got her as a day old chick. She was always a little smaller and seemed weaker than the others. She sleeps a lot and seems unsteady on her feet when...