I lost SIX chicks. I have 6 left, and have 7 now (2 of which I think are roos).
I made some mistakes. If i could go back and do it all again:
-I would have CORID on hand and not had to wait for it to be shipped :(
-I would not have gotten more little ones after the cocci killed some of my...
just updating this thread in case anyone every has similar problems. I regret hand feeding this girl and keeping her alive so long when it was clear she was not thriving. she died shortly after this post one day, just free ranging in the yard with no apparent cause of death.
here are some more photos of her. i would say this is what she normally looks like... from day 1 to week 6. haha funny but not really! :(
all the other chicks pick on her a lot, even the ones smaller than her.
thanks!
im returning the roosters from the batch of chicks i got her with, and im seriously debating bringing her with me to show the the breeder. I just don't think its normal at all, whats happening with her.
after reading other forums, it seems like she has a general "failure the thrive"...
i will take some more photos of her in the morning for you to look at. none of the other chicks were ill, just her. she was super sleepy and not eating. after a couple of days of handfeeding she got more active.
she has gotten much more active since i started letting the chicks out in the yard...
I have her in with some new babies because the others outgrew her by leaps and bounds and were coop ready.
has anyone else had a chick like this that grew to be a normal hen?
she also has a bulge above her wing, almost where it meets the wing. I found a thread about a chicken with a similar...