sick chicks

  1. E

    Losing Several Chickens

    Sorry for the long post 😭 Im feeling like a terrible chicken owner and I'm in a season of losing several chickens very close together and none of them seem to have the same issues but it has to be some underlying thing?? I would love to get y'all's opinions on what you think - just today I had...
  2. R

    newbie to the group, and semi newbie to chicks

    Hey all! So, in 2020 (like half the country, I got chickens. 8 week old pullets. They've been awesome! Lately I've been wanting to expand my flock, and decided I wanted babies. I went to a poultry expo and got (2) 8 week silkies, and (2) 1 week old Ameracaunas. (none of these have been vaxxed)...
  3. Steph21

    HELP: Chicks Sneezing and Dying

    I'm going to explain what is going on as thoroughly as possible so this might be long. On Thursday (4/14) I bought 3 turkeys and 5 chicks (3 were barred rock) from Rural King. The next day (Friday), one of the turkeys was dead. I noticed this turkey was smaller and a little less active than the...
  4. H

    I do not know what is happening

    I bought 5 chicks from farm and home store, all was well and I decided to add 2 more, I bought them from a different farm store and again all was well, We are about 3 weeks in and 2 days ago I found one dead(from the first feed store), Looked and felt healthy, I thought.. huh well sometimes...
  5. G

    Got 20 New Girls That Are About 3 Months From Laying Who Came Down With Something. Not Sure What It Is!

    Hi, all! So, a couple of days ago, we picked up 20 new half-grown hens from an area brooder. Everything at her farm seemed nice and clean (as far as chicken coops are concerned) and the "teens" we picked up appeared to be doing just fine. We put them in the back of our pickup topper and headed...
  6. CloneFly

    Rescuer New to Chickens but Excited to Learn!

    Hello Everyone! I'm an (un-official) animal rescuer that brings home or helps whatever feathery, furry or scaley creature comes my way. (Much to my poor mother's dismay.) I have cockatiels, a 20yr old dove, quail, dogs, cats, rabbits, a turtle and now chickens! About a week ago, I brought home 5...
  7. C

    My chicks keep dying

    Hi there, We recently got 7 chicks and 4 have died now, one by one. They act normal and then slowly get more lethargic. Their poop is brown, runny and smelly. They don’t want to use their legs. Then they will die. This is my first time with chicks and I’m so upset. We have a thermometer and...
    • czmarie
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    • baby chick chick diarrhea in chicks dying chick sick chicks urgent help needed
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. Wordstoyourface

    Injectable super b complex dose

    Hi,I am having some issues with my babys. 2 pics added of the brahma siblings, 5 weeks old,the small one died not 10 minutes ago,this is the size diff and lack of growth i am talking about,yes I washed my hands before handling the live one. I have lost far too many chicks in the past 2...
  9. A

    Young pullet suddenly looses balance, tips forwards onto his back with head behind, rolling all over the place.

    About 3 days ago one of our younger pullets come up with something and has since been isolated, he can't seem to stay upright, shakes every now and than while he's laying down. He can't keep his balance for more than a second, when he's walking around his cage he uses the walls to help him get...
  10. M

    Sick chicks that lived? Safe to mix in with flock?

    I raise a lot of chicks both to sell and for my personal coop. My husband bought some chicks from a local lady (silkies). A few days after we bought her chicks a local forum called this lady out for selling sick chicks and about 30 people chimed in that they had also gotten sick chicks from...
  11. byrd95

    HELP! Coccidia has taken over my poor chicks

    Hello, I am new to the group. I purchased chicks from who I thought was a trustworthy breeder. I discovered they had coccidia at a young age and thought it had been treated. Everyone was spunky again and eating/drinking fine. They are now two months old and they are not infested I believe. I did...
  12. H

    How to save this chick

    Hello this chick is just about two weeks old, she is having pasty butt since about 3 days ago. I attached some picture of her and her stool. Can anyone give me some suggestion? Thank you so much!
    • haihaisy
    • Thread
    • chick 2 weeks diahhrea help chick pasty butt sick chick runny diahrea poo puddles sick chicks
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  13. trumpeting_angel

    Gasping 9-week-old

    Hello - My flock of four moved into the new coop last night. They are eating, although not as much as usual. They did enjoy some scratch that I put on the roosts, hoping they would get the hint. They are in a (mostly) plywood coop, with pine shavings from the same bale they've had throughout...
  14. GoldiLaced

    Will rinsing my chicks' eyes with saline help clear their sinuses?

    I heard recently that putting some saline solution on/in their eyes can help clear their sinuses. Is this true? And are there any other ways I can help them breathe better?
  15. K

    Sneezing crackly chicks

    Good evening. I am hoping to get some advice on treatment for chicks that have just started sneezing and sound crackly/wheezing when breathing. This has started within the past 24 hours. I have not noticed any eye or nasal discharge.They are approximately 2-3 week old chicks and a variety of...
    • KWheat
    • Thread
    • chicks chicks 2 weeks respiratory illness respiratory infection sick chicks sneezing chick
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  16. chickensandhappiness

    Baby chick- discharge and sleeps forever

    Yesterday 5 new chicks came to my little chicken farm in Connecticut. 1 little chick arrived lethargic. We thought it was just a weak chick, and after an hour, it passed away. Today another one of our chicks is doing the same thing. Wherever we place her, she plops down and sleeps. She won’t...
  17. M

    Chicken died after 4 days of illness. What could it be?

    Hi friends! I am a new chicken owner and I have gotten so much valuable info from this site already - so thank you! My chickens are 5 and a half weeks old and we just lost one last night. I'm not sure why and was hoping someone might have an idea. The chicken (barred rock) started to get...
  18. Eggkazoo

    One of my baby chickens looks sick!

    I just got my new chicks today, and it seems like one may be sick. The haven’t been moving around much, typically laying down on the heated side of the brooder. Thier activity of getting up is also decreasing. Before when picking it up, it would wiggle around a lot. Now it doesn’t put up much...
  19. purdue777

    Sick Baby Chicks--don't know what to do...help?

    Hubby brought home six new baby chicks last week--2 Rhode Island Red and 3 Brahmas. Put them in a cage with slightly older baby chicks, by about three weeks. They are under a heat lamp, have regular cleaning of the cage and plenty food and water. Today when I went out there, one of the Brahmas...
  20. Shomare

    12 Baby Chicks 5 SWOLLEN EYES/SIDE OF HEAD

    We bought chicks of various breeds around Easter. Problem: One's eye was shut, and swollen all around it (6-7 days ago now). We thought it was pecked or something, as there were no other signs we noticed wrong with it (eats, drinks, moves around fine, good balance, very active when washing out...
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