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Is it okay to use straw as bedding for chicks?

No, it is not covering the vent. The poop is not quite as watery today, but still more liquid than the others. We have used olive oil with water, but no luck.

The one chick that has the diarrhea has a piece of hard poop stuck to the area below its butt, we have been unable to get it off, it screams!! could that be the cause? All the other chicks seem fine to me -

We have five 2-week old baby chicks. One of them has diarrhea. We are feeding them chick feed, water with electrolytes. Any ideas as to why this would be happening?

Free Range Chickens-good idea or not?

I am feeding as prescribed from the feed store. Any tips on removing the dried poop from the back side?

I have four kids, 10, 9, 6, & 4. I am pretty nervous with the two younger ones. Any tips on the chick fanaticism at this stage? How durable are these little chicks? I read somewhere legs are the weak spot.

Feed store just got these in today and just picked them up, anybody know approximately how old they are?