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Hey everybody i was told to come over into this thread. My 1 week old chick was perfectly fine then i walked in yesterday and found her unable to walk. It seems like somethings wrong with her left foot/leg. she can still hop over to her food and water but her immobility worries me. Any ideas on...

Yea, im not sure whats causing her immobility but she's at least able to hop around to the food water and heat lamp.

I walked into the garage today and checked the brooder box finding one of my week old chicks not able to walk, i moved her into a separate brooder and i think she has a broken,sprained or dislocated left leg/foot.. Any suggestions on what to do for the poor little chick.

it not coccidiosis?

My recently adopted chicks often seem like they have heavy heads... they will be eating, drinking and running around then stand still, close their eyes and slowly drop their heads and lay down and go to sleep. Is this normal?

Ok thanks a ton! We had birds 5 years ago but we only had 4 chicks with no problems, we didn't think this many would become such a problem.

we live in New Mexico temps are 50 during the day and 30-40 degrees at night. Could we put them in the coop outside? they'll have plenty of room. If i'm understanding you, the chicks having plenty of room is a very important factor. Would this solve all of our problems?

Oh actually the food is 16% protein

The chicks are about 5 days old, and living in a three foot by three foot wood box. A heat lamp is above a quarter the enclosure and is normally 94.3 underneath. In the un heated part of the box is about 70.8 degrees.The chicks always have food but i just noticed it doesn't give the protein...

I have a brooder with 26 chicks in it, barredrocks, white leg horns, Rhode Island reds, and I think ISA browns, I found three barred rock chicks being attacked by all the others with the tips of there toes completely eaten off and blood all over... why is this happening?! Oh also, I removed the...