chick health problems

  1. C

    3 Day Polish Chick - Malnutrition

    Hello, I got a few chicks from our local farm store which is supplied by Hoovers. This is my first polish, but, I have raised over 100 chicks, so I am not new to chick raising. This baby was pretty small in the cage. She appears malnourished. She is not drinking/eating on her own, however...
  2. H

    Skin irritation and swelling

    what is this & what should I do? -She is about 5-6 days old -the area is red and swollen/has a lump but not hot -she’s eating, drinking, and active I’m a 1st time chicken mama and I bought 3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 “Rainbows” (this one being a “rainbow”) from tractor supply 3 days ago...
  3. lavendermarie

    Health questions about my assisted hatch chick

    I had a chick who hatched today (on day 24 of incubation) with a little help. I thought all the eggs were goners, but kept them in the incubator just in case. But this morning I noticed a pip in one of the eggs! After a few hours it had pretty much fully zipped around and was trying to finally...
    • lavendermarie
    • Thread
    • assisted hatch chick chick health problems day 24 day 24 hatch late hatch newborn chick newborn chick health
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. 6

    Weak Chick with Umbilical Cord

    I ordered 7 chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatchery, and they hatched either on 4/2/2022 or early 4/3/2022. They shipped on 4/3/2022, and I just received them today, 4/5/2022. They all are happy and healthy, except the extra chick, that Mt. Heathy included as a 2% margin for any chicks that might...
    • 628990
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    • baby chick help chick health problems chick help chick with pasty butt chicks 1 day my chicks umbilical cord is still atached pasty butt sick chick sleepy chicken weak chicken weak chick
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  5. RainValleyFarm

    Wry neck and eye problem?

    I have a 6 day old chick struggling with wry neck. She has been struggling since day one. Been giving her raw yolk and water with some honey. I can get some rooster booster down her but she's very bad about anything with vitamins mixed in it. If I drop it onto her beak she flings her head and it...
  6. S

    Silkie chick swollen featherless neck pecking wound pictures included

    4-5 week old silkie chick. Developed small wound weeks ago assumed from pecking dispute due to small brooder. Only two chicks in brooder. Both placed in very large brooder, site cleansed and Neosporin, and no pick applied. Feathers appeared to be filling back in, 3 days ago feathers spear to be...
  7. The Ballet Chicken

    Chick foot problem please help!

    One of my chicks is about two weeks old and had a bit of pooo crusted to her foot. I figured it would come off. About a week later it looks like chunks of skin are coming off. I put triple antibiotic ointment yesterday and soaked her in water today.
  8. B

    Something is wrong with my chick

    Guys something is definitely wrong with one of my 6-day-old babies. Please read this all the way through, and anyone who has experienced this with their chicks or knows maybe what's wrong, please reply ASAP. So, when we got our chicks, the two D'uccles were a little messy. A simple case of...
  9. RaisingPaynes

    Chick Not Moving Much, Wobbly, Falls.

    I have had these chicks (Australorps) for 2 weeks now, they all seemed perfect and fine when they first arrived. Now (since Saturday) one seems to not be thriving. She is smaller than the rest, very wobbly and ends up falling on her side or back. I have taken out some of the bedding because she...
  10. WillGriffin03

    Chick with Splayed legs

    Hi I have a chick with splayed legs and I don't know how to fix them, I've tried a bit of string but she keeps kicking them off, her legs don't seem too bad but they're definitely off somehow. Please help as I don't know what to do.
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