chick not eating

  1. C

    Impacted crop(?) and chick not eating properly

    Hi all, I've got currently 4 chicks in the brooder. This one in particular is a buff orpington, about 3-4 weeks old. She's pretty well feathered, almost fully. Recently, I've noticed that she's been eating a lot of the shavings that land in her feeding bowl, but not really interested in the wet...
  2. cnielsen

    dying days old chick please help

    we ordered 4 female salmon faverolles from a hatchery on the first, they didn’t get here until the fourth (today) and there were 5 in the box but only one was alive. she was a real trooper at first, drinking and tumbling around and peeping. she hadn’t eaten yet, but now all of a sudden she has...
  3. Y

    Baby chick is very week and not eating

    The baby Chick is probably a week and half its not eating and not walking I have no experience in chick raising it was okay yesterday day but i cant walk now and very week and wasn't drinking i tried to water it and its drinking on its on and moving very weekly but not eating at all and the...
  4. K

    Exchequer Leghorn chick HALF the size of my other 6 chicks?! Due to size difference or crossbeak?

    Hi Everyone, I’m new to posting but have been reading your threads for weeks, preparing for my first flock of 8 chicks. One died in the mail, which was heartbreaking, and I’m not sure if I’m being hyper sensitive about the others out of fear of losing another. PLEASE- any advice you have would...
    • KatieAnnFrench
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    • chick not eating chick not growing cross beak exchequer leghorn leghorn chickens mixed flock raising chick sick chick sleeping chick small chick
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. S

    How to get three day old chick to find and eat food

    Hello everyone, I am a new chicken mum and have a question about how to get them to eat food and drink water. I have read posts on here where it was said to not worry if the chick isn’t eating as it has the yolk from it’s one egg. My little silky is three days old now and I showed him/her where...
  6. R

    Still learning the ropes and have an injured baby

    I have new chicks that are about 4 weeks old and one that is about a year. The chicks are in a closed in area with chicken wire so the older one can see them but doesn't have access to them yet. However, 2 days ago it seems she got a hold of one of the chicks by the beak through the chicken wire...
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