I'll try to be brief here with the info, checked on the chicks at 5:00AM, nothing unusual. Checked again @ 10:00AM and found a poor chick with all it's tail feather missing. No unusual behavior I could see, other than some curious pecking from other chicks at the reddish featherless area. I...
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I started with the bit of coconut oil, ~12ml of water, and a crop massage. Repeated the water and massage once an hour 3 times on Sunday 5/26/2020 and there was drastic improvement. Left her in the "hospital brooder" overnight. She was much improved yesterday (Monday 5/25/2020)...
Not sure what to make of this one. 3 week old chick had a large crop 2 days ago. I always expect a big plump crop when visiting them first thing after sunrise, after chowing down their morning meal. The chick I am posting about, the crop has only seemed to grow larger and swollen. Like things...