Hopefully I am positing this in the right place. New to this forum and raising chicks. We picked up 12 chicks from our local farm supply store on Wednesday - I believe they’re 11/12 days old now. They are all vaccinated for Mareks and coccidiosis. Most are thriving - one of them seems a little...
Hi. I woke up to a dead chick and two sick ones. I’ve moved the sick ones to a different space, put Corid in everyone’s water, and pens were cleaned. Any other tips to help?
I have chicks that are about 2,5 weeks old. They've all been very active and seeming healthy. Then when I went to check on them last night, I noticed one was looking lethargic, breathing quickly and when I held it up, I heard a clicking sound. Fearing it was something contagious I separated it...
One of my chicks has a lump in her throat. After shining a flashlight down her open mouth, I spotted a big white lump in the area where I felt it. She doesn't have a foul smell on her breath. Just the white lump. She also doesn't have much of an appetite. What is this and how can I treat it?
My baby chick has been acting really sluggish lately and is sleeping a lot. He also was walking with a slight limp earlier. His poop is very white and liquidy+he doesn’t seem to eat as much as the other chicks even when i hand feed him. Yesterday he was eating loads from my hand and otherwise...
Hi everyone,
I am hoping for some diagnosis and treatment help for my 8 week old Easter Egger that is on the brink of death it seems. She is extremely thin (skeletal!), lethargic, puffed up, only pooping in very tiny liquidy amounts, and her crop continues to fill with fluid (it is like a big...
Hi :) So I have 6 baby chicks who hatched last week. They are doing really well except one little chick had pasty butt which I noticed on Friday and treated with warm water and a paper towel. The pasty butt is back again today so I treated it again. She is the smallest of the chicks. The other...
After bringing my chicks in from the garage to keep warm during a power outage I noticed that one of my wyandottes is breathing through her mouth and making a crackling noise.
I haven't noticed any diarrhea or any other symptoms
Any idea what it could be or at least a general treatment? They...
Good evening everyone,
I am new to raising baby chicks but have 6 2 year old ladies that are wonderful.
I brought home 6 new babies to add to my flock this year, and I’m worried my Easter Egger is sick.
She is usually one of my go getters, always first over for treats, investigates everything...
I received a sad call from the post office today- my baby chicks had arrived, but there was no movement or sound from the box. We thought they were all dead, but heard one little peep. We have one, lonely, very weak, chick. I did manage to get her to drink a little water. We have made a...
Hi! This is my first time posting... searched these forums tons of time for help. I have had chickens for about 6 years-raised quite a few. We bought about 20 chicks this year. At 3 different times. We have lost 3 so far-different ages/symptoms-never had bad luck like this before. For the...
Hi everyone! I’m new to raising chickens and don’t have many people around to ask questions about their health. I’m only 16 and my mom won’t let me bring them to a vet. My chicks has been sneezing (two of them more than others) and I’ve caught two of them scratching their beaks. I tried to check...
Hi all!
I am hoping to get so wisdom on what to do with a 6 day old chick with a swollen vent. Google has been no help and I’ve never dealt with this.
This chick had mild pasty butt develop less than 24 hrs after I brought her home that I easily treated for 2 days with warm compresses...
I brought home three baby chicks last week, and introduced them in with my little singleton chick from a lone hatch. They were from two different local farms, all under a week old except one that is two weeks.
The two I'm concerned about are one that was one day old and is now 6 days, and the...
One of my chicks doesn’t seem to be able to close his eyes, or see. I checked on my overnight hatches this morning, and noticed one had eyes that looked almost dried out. The humidity was high in the hatcher, so I thought maybe a piece of debris from the shell was stuck to his eyes. I gently...
I have a chick who is about a day old. It is not acting like the other chicks that have hatched. It constantly has its wings spread out (and drooling) and can only bring them in when I gently hold them in. The chick cannot walk, it just wobbles around. And when it tries to walk, it trips over...
Hi everyone, I have a young Golden Sebright chick from Tractor Supply that has serious vent problems and I’m not sure what to do. This little guy has a swollen vent that seems to be almost sealed shut. He’s had pasty butt MANY times since poop just leaks out, rather than him taking normal poops...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/7-day-old-chick-white-ish-poo-and-chronically-mess-bottom.1448028/
I posted on the Emergencies forum, but I figured I'd XP here as well.
Short story: I'm a new chick mom, hatched 3 myself, but 1 had a harder/longer hatch. They are a mixed flock and...
Hi! I am new to hatching and chickens in general, but the short story is I ordered 6 hatching eggs, incubated them, and 3 were pipping right on time on day 21. Two chicks zipped and hatched beautifully, they are healthy, eating, and definitely in the toddler stage of chick shenanigans. The 3rd...