failure to thrive

So I just hatched a batch of 22 chicks, 19 made it to hatch and then yesterday one of the chicks started acting weird in the brooder. It was in the incubator about 12 hours before I moved it to the brooder. After about an hour in the brooder I noticed it was weak and panting and also seemed to...

I noticed that one of four from our last batch of new chicks was laying down more than her mates in the outside brooder box (in a shed) Then realized she was much much smaller. I put the bigger 3 in the outside pen with the other bigger chicks. The chick seemed to be struggling to breathe or...

I have a chick that I hatched with about 24 others that it's about 3 weeks old. Last Wednesday it began loudly complaining constantly. When it's siblings we're placed in an outdoor recreation pen they would run and flap their wings, but not this guy. He would sit and complain. On Thursday he...

I’m back with my 5th question. These tiny fluffs have been a source of constant worry. I have one chick that is a lot smaller than the rest, and isn’t very good at eating. She will just stand and stare at the food and maybe peck at it once or twice, while the rest of the chicks are just...

2nd time chick owner - my first brood went to my Mom's coop as I didn’t have one. I have 8 approx. 3-4 week old chicks I bought from a local farm store. I have them with proper heat (with a few times it was wait that too hot or cold when I was at work), thermometer, plenty of food water and...

Hi all, My baby chick is almost 4 weeks old. A week ago, her right eye was shut tight and has not opened since (pic from this morning). She's the only one that ever had pasty butt and has always seemed a little slower, unsteady, but last week was really beginning to fight for her place in the...

I have 2 chicks with issues. Chick 1 hatched between sunday and tuesday. It hasn't put on any weight, sleeps constantly, stumbles around with it's eyes shut. I don't have nutri-drench and won't be able to get any before the weekend I don't have a car through the week. I did give it sugar...

Please help. My two week old chicks are failing to thrive. I can feel their ribs and keel bones. They are up and eating normally. I had a fecal test that showed cocci and this is day three on corid. The 9 hatchery chicks arrrived 8/12. One arrived unable to stand without stumbling backwards. It...

Hey yall! So this is my first batch of chicks I'm raising and we are 4 weeks in, now. SG Dorkings. About a week ago I noticed one of them wasn't growing as fast as the others. They all have chest feathers and tails coming in, and some even have little pants. This little guy still only had wing...

I brought a new batch of chicks home from the feed store on Friday. By day two, one of the little Prairie Bluebell Eggers was showing little to no interest in life. I tried many of my usual strategies and was getting quite depressed. Especially given I couldn't even make any kind of progress...

Chirp, Chirp, CHIRP!!! Why won't it stop? I have checked threads & find no answer. It's vent is clear & not plugged yet I have not seen poop, Vent seems normal. It is not hot, it is not cold. It does not want to be held, it is not being bullied but IS pecking at others. It will not lay and sleep...

This is my first time with chickens. I received my 8 new chicks on Wednesday 9/5/18. One of my new chicks, the Salmon Faverolles, seems not to be thriving. All of the chicks have access to water w/ electrolytes/vitamins/probiotics as well as access to plain water, and medicated feed and are all...

Hi - I hatched 3 silkies almost 6 weeks ago. Two are doing great while the third, one that I had to help during hatch, has always been behind its siblings. Right now they're twice its size and are growing their adult "fluff" nicely, while this little one seems to struggle with feather growth...

Less than a week ago I purchased 6 Buff Orpington chicks (Tractor Supply). Three chicks are growing very well and are developing personalities, 2 are growing okay and one is failing to thrive. I put a little dot on her head so I could keep an eye on her, that earned her the name 'Dottie'...

These pics were taken at six weeks old. The little dwarf is a Tolbunt Polish Frizzle with a standard-size pedigree. The big one is a Silkie-cross chick of the same age that I put in with her for company My little chicklet is now 8 weeks old and the size of a starling! Yet she eats and drinks...

I am really new to chickens. We just got six chicks about a week ago! Five of them are doing great-- cheeping and eating and pooping and running around like nobody's business. I started noticing a few days ago that one of them (Janice) is not doing so hot however. She seemed way weaker and less...

I have a chick I believe is afflicted with runting stunting syndrome? She is 4 weeks now and I had to separate her from the other three due to the sheer size difference. Yesterday we bought a one week old pullet to keep her company. I also took her to a vet a week ago, but they were relatively...