Not her normal chatty self, but has brighter moments when she joins in with gang
Drinking, but not eating much
Found soaking pellets and giving in saucer of water encouraged her to feed/drink
Have also given her pellets and calci worms smothered in natural yoghurt with Chicken Spice stirred...
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Have 2 chicks who have issues with lameness
Have attached pix of one
Have been adding vits to water, and food is medicated againstcoccidiosis
They are both eating and drinking
Both can get up still and walk, but its wobbly and they sit on hock often
Flock were very boisterous and I...
Help, Black Orpingtn suddenly going off legs
I think it has hurt its right leg. They are very boisterous and it maybe got hurt?
Its on medicated chick crumb and has apple cider vinegar and multivits in its water.
Left it with others at moment as it didn't seem to be being bullied and didn't want...
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Found chick sicknthis morning, falling over, one leg floppy, eating and drinking but blowing bubbles and gasping. Bulge on chest.
Thought was pneumonia and when took into vet they agreed and injected it with antibiotic and told me to keep it warm and take back tomorrow am for...
My 5 weeks on friday Buff Orpington chicks were out for day in coop at back of hoose. Popped out to weed bed near them and neighbouring farmer was spraying with slight breeze blowing straight to our garden. Came round corner and could taste it. Said about it to Hubbie who was doing DIY and he...
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Have three Buff Orpington chicks who are a week old tomorrow
They are lovely but am a complete newbie and find info I find online pushes me from one terror to the next
Was worried they would die of cold but now think - in present glorious Scottish weather - their digs may have been too...
Wondering if anyone has any ideas about our 3 chicks. 2 days old. The little one has defo brown speckled on head which I think means she's a hen? Others much bigger and not got same marks... one quite camera shy so apologies poss got same one twice
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We're new to chickens. Currently have 5 eggs in an incubator. They've been in for 13 days now.
We candled them on day 7 and again on day 10. One was clearly infertile so we took it out. We think the others look ok but are newbies to candling.
The eggs are Buff Orpingtons, we are keeping...