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Oh yes. Definitely didn’t have a pasty butt. At almost 8 weeks they don’t tend to deal with issues like that. I’ve only ever had issues with that from hatchery chicks that traveled a few days.

And it seems like they all get along, but the barred rocks are a bit more skittish than the others and are still inside. I literally just bought another coop and was planning to move them outside with more space, but then this happened and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do.

I couldn’t tell if the feathers were plucked or if the skin was just that expanded. It’s usually more obvious when feathers are plucked at least in adult birds because I’ve rescued a fair amount of chickens and have watched their feathers grow back, but I don’t know if chicks are different and...

Ya I actually read about that so especially appreciate that someone else thinks that might be what it is. This was a chick from Cackle. It’s only happened with chicks from Cackle, but some of them are in a pen with chicks I hatched. So the question is... does it only happen with pullets? Because...

So I purchased some and I hatched some and I vaccinated the chicks I hatched and the hatchery was supposed to vaccinate the ones that they sent. My DH decided to put this one out of its misery a little bit ago. That’s pretty much what it looked like standing up though. It was so swollen that...

So I guess it’s not obvious by the picture, the chick is like so so swollen. He’s almost 8 weeks old. I appreciate everyone’s input.

So I’ve hatched some chicks and I’ve gotten quite a few from hatcheries and I had a set from Cackle that I paid for the vaccine, but now I’m seeing birds that look like this. Two died so far that look like this. I’m thinking it’s mareks, but how could it be unless they didn’t vaccinate them.