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Thanks PD. Yea, I don't get a vet for my meat chickens. Out of the batches of 100 I get, I usually lose 2 or 3 within the first week - just seem to be the weaklings and I let nature take it's course. This one keeps fighting and he/she is kinda cute so we'll see!

Thanks Azygous. It does eat and drink but not a lot. Walks around a little. Loves the heat. It's 3 weeks old now. I wonder if it has an enlarged heart because you can see it's chest heaving all the time.

Thanks PD. I have brought it inside the house. I like the idea of housing it with others though. I only have one smallish one to add so will try that.

I am raising 100 red-bro meat birds (3rd year doing it) and they are about 3 weeks old. I have one that is tiny. It runs over to the feeder to eat until it gets crowded out and then just sits under the heat lamp. It does eat and drink though. I might have expected it to die by now as I find I...

I talked to a chicken farmer friend of mine and she suggested pneumonia because we have had some very cold and wet days recently. It would come on pretty quickly and I might not have noticed if the chicken was slowing down.

This morning I found one of my chickens completely inert, on it’s back with it’s legs in the air. I thought it was dead but when I picked it up it was still warm and opened it’s eyes a slit to look at me. But it’s completely unresponsive. I’ve just left it in there sitting in a nest of shavings...