newborn chick health

  1. E

    Is this a bot fly?

    So my friend has 2 chicks and he's noticed one has been extra poopy lately and cleaning it pretty regularly. He took a picture and I noticed an extra hole below the cloaca. I think it's a bot fly hole and need advice on how to properly clean it if the bot fly larvae is even still inside. The...
  2. 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
  3. J

    Help! Leg malformation on newly hatched chick 🐣

    Does anyone know what’s the matter with this sweet little one? 😢 He is a fighter with so much strength but he cannot use his legs properly and flails them around unable to walk. Initially I thought it was spraddle leg but now I’m thinking it could be something else. Any tips/suggestions please...
    • jtommaso
    • Thread
    • injury chick newborn chick health splayed leg treatment spraddle leg
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. Pugerpillar

    Newborn chick with prolapsed cloaca

    My silkie egg just hatched and she looked like she had a clump of flesh near her bottom, after a closer look I think it could be a prolapsed cloaca. This chick is the first chick I've ever hatched, I've never heard of this issue before and I'm not entirely sure what to do about it. For now I'll...
  5. Raptorchick

    Lump on Newly Hatched Chick-help please

    I'm attaching pictures that may be graphic to some, a heads up.... This chick pipped on day 19, started zipping 23hours later, and finally hatched out of the shell four hours after that. I noticed a lump on her butt, looks like she didnt finish absorbing, theres no plug. I took her into a...
  6. EIEIO_farm

    Broody hen won’t accept the final chick that hatched from her clutch! HELP!!

    My broody silkie has hatched 4 chicks and the 5th was a late hatcher and took 3 days longer. She actually buried the egg underneath the hay yesterday and I had to search around for it. It had a pip so I put it under her and again last night she had abandoned it. So I placed it under her once...
  7. ChickenMama308

    Coop treated with DE - safe for week old baby chick?!

    Hi everyone! It's been a crazy week trying to get rid of mites, lice, and cocci in everyone / everything while caring for a newborn chick who was initially struggling from cocci. I have 3 hens in our large coop and now we have this one baby chick. 3 days ago I removed and discarded all bedding...
  8. ChickenMama308

    Coop treated with DE - safe for week old baby chick?!

    Hi everyone! It's been a crazy week trying to get rid of mites, lice, and cocci while caring for a newborn chick. I have 3 hens in our large coop and now we have one baby chick. 3 days ago I removed and discarded all bedding, nesting boxes etc. and went to town with dusting the coop, nesting...
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