fail to thrive

  1. C

    Chick is not growing and losing fluff

    Hello everyone, you won’t believe me when I say this but this little guy here is 5.5 weeks old… He was hatched by a hen, who was a horrible mother who had no idea how to take care of chicks, we lost all the chicks but this guy. I finally managed to catch him and bring him home when he was 3...
  2. UneggspectedChickenLady

    Failure to Thrive Back and Forth?

    Is it normal for a chick to go back and forth being looking like Failure to Thrive and being seemingly normal??? I have a 9 day old that had a rough arrival via mail last week. She bounced back quickly, then 4 days later she was showing FTT symptoms (standing swaying, lethargic, etc). She had...
  3. C

    Bantam chick is the only one not growing

    In need of assistance or advice, I have 6 baby chicks and 1 of them is a bantam. She is so small (obviously) but has not grown in the full week I have had her. One of my chicks is growing 10-15 grams a day, but this girl hasn't grown a single gram. She is still at 24 grams. She eats and drinks...
  4. henroo_101

    Weak baby chick, drinking but not eating?

    I have a (maybe) 3 day old barred rock baby chick that seems to be behind compared to the 8 other chicks. I just got them from Tractor Supply yesterday, and treated her for pasty butt this morning. She’s not running around, and is constantly sleeping. She just kind of stands there and goes...
  5. N

    2week old chick failing to thrive?

    Hey guys, So I’ve raised abandoned chicks before, ones that the hen has pushed out or left behind, including one with a leg injury last year. So when I found my hen had left behind one of her chicks and it had trouble standing/walking (it seemed weak on one side, but it was cold when I found it...
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