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  1. E

    Pasty butt help! Only 1 of the 4 chicks

    Hey all. It’s me again. Y’all have been so great about answering questions and I have one more. One of my chicks keeps getting pasty butt (or at least I think? It also looks like poop/pee is just getting stuck in her fluff and then piling up) I check on her everyday multiple times and she...
  2. mandymcg05

    Wheezing 4 week old Silkie

    Hi there! I have a 4 week old Silkie that started a whistling/wheezing sound at night About 3 nights ago. Thought maybe it was just sleepiness (sounds stupid now, I know!) but today noticed some bubbles on one eye. But waiting and drinking ok. Running with his playmates. Still in a large brooder...
  3. Turkey Girl

    HELP! Chick with Clogged Vent!

    One of our week-old French Black Copper Marans had Pasty Butt a few days ago, so naturally, we took care of it by running warm water over it's vent. We have done this several times before and it has worked, this time it didn't. The inside of this chick's vent has been clogged and it won't poop...
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  4. M

    4 Week old Chicks BLOODY STOOLS. Need help!

    Hey everyone. I am new to keeping chickens this year. I have 6 Rhode Island Reds and 6 Bard Rocks. Bought from Orchlins Farm and Home Currently feeding half Country Lane 18% Medicated Chick starter and half 18% Chick Grower from local feed store. They are currently indoors. A day ago I...
  5. A

    Twisted Neck

    Hi! I have a chick that hatched sometime this morning. When I went out and checked on momma hen I found it laying outside the nest, cold. I thought it was dead but it seemed to be gasping every few second, so I placed it back in the nest. I have since checked on it and it looks like it has...
  6. richardbim

    4 - Day Old Sick Chick

    Hi everyone, My chicks hatched on Sunday and they’ve been well. This morning I noticed a little one acting non-active, not chirping, and sleeping standing up. Once I grabbed him I noticed he has a pasty green butt. What can i do to get him back to health?
  7. A

    i have 3 silkie chicks that i am raising as pets, but one is very behind the others

    we recently brought home four silkie chicks however one passed away a couple nights ago. we have no idea why but we are now paranoid that it'll happen again. 2 of our three chicks are very plump and balanced while the other appears much smaller and skinnier as well as much weaker. they are...
  8. Frosty_2503

    Chick can’t stay upright... HELP!

    Hey everyone- I had a little silkie chick who resulted from my female silkie getting out of my breeding pen and into my maran pen. So she’s half partridge silkie half black copper maran... but she’s having some trouble. She hatched out on her own, but she had curly toe, so we got her some little...
  9. Blazegglo

    One of my baby chicks I think might be sick and dying...

    Ok I've had chicks before and never had a problem but this time I got 4 chicks and 2 ducklings. I have two ideas of what could have maybe happend but I'm not sure.I put them all in the same large tub with a light, food, and water. Well the ducks tipped the water over and got one of the chicks...
  10. L

    Bantam Chick with Hemorrhoid?

    Hello all! I have been loving the community thus far! I have a bantam chicken, approximately 1 1/2 weeks old. So far, the chicken has been getting a little bit of pasty butt, but I have been cleaning it off pretty well. Today, I went to check on the chick, and it was completely "pasted over"...
  11. Just Rosie

    Lethargic Chick Not Eating/Drinking

    I purchased 5 Silkie chicks a few days ago, was told they were close to 2 weeks but to me they looked just about a week old. This chick started acting strange yesterday. She was laying in an un-chick-like position by herself. I came home today and found her in a similar position. I’ve taken...
  12. MistyDF

    Chicks snotty and sneezing

    Hey everyone! I have 6 new chicks. Two are snotty and having trouble breathing. Can I put antibiotics in their water? I am guessing these two are maybe a week old. They are eating and drinking but sound awful. I have separated them from the others. videos...
  13. H

    HELP! Sick chick!

    I have a 11 day old chick that seems to be less active than the others. He recently started holding out his wings kind of outward and moving his head in a weird turning way? (It’s hard to explain but I’ll Try and get a video) He kinda stretches his neck out and then turns it to the side with his...
  14. Beacon Point Ratite Ranch

    Sick Pullet! Please help!

    Hey guys. I have a sick pullet I need advice on. We just put her and the other pullets out with the main flock for the first time 2 days ago. The others all seem fine, but Goliath (named because she was roughly twice the size of a normal chick at hatch) is really sick. She has a high fever (just...
  15. T

    I think my chick is sick

    Ok so i have a roughly 3 month old chick i have had her since right before christmas well when i went out to check on the chickens this morning one was laying on her side i thought she was dead but i brought her out of the pen into the house i gave her food and water she ate and drank and she...
  16. NorthernChick1

    Weak chick! Help!!

    I have two, 1-1/2 week old chicks that my hen is raising. I noticed today that one chick is and was always weaker than the other. Now she has her wings spread and seems to have troubles walking.. what should i do?? They are on chick starter and have water. Would not eating or drinking be a...
  17. R

    Sick Chick with Bubbly Eye Need Help

    So I have a two and a half months old chick, that a few days ago, she started showing bubbles in her eye, and has progressively gotten worse, to where she won't even open the eye that the bubbles were in now, and I need help on how to help her. I do not know of any other symptoms. The pictures...
  18. thatbeechick

    New hatchie has Encephalomalacia... odds of survival?

    Hi all, I had an emergency 3 days late hatch yesterday with this little one, she was unable to get out of the egg on her own despite fully absorbed yolk and receded membrane veins, I had to lift her out, clean her up, provide vitamins and electrolytes and warm her up (She was VERY cold) for a...
  19. Neutrino

    Strange looking poop

    I have 5 baby chicks about 1.5 months old. At least one (the smallest, a dark Brahma) has some watery white stool with traces or orangish red, started sept 7. All chickens including the smallest are frolicking around, eating and drinking normally. My neighbor said it’s probably coccidiosis. I’m...
  20. E

    Sick silkie chick

    I am hoping someone can help me! I have (6) 6 day old silkie chicks. I received them 8/30 and one was just noisy as can be, so I checked her out and noticed one of her eyes was just half way open. I would say it also looks a bit more swollen than the other. I wiped with warm water, and have been...
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