sickchick

I have 4 day old chicks, one of them squatted to poop and all that came out was clear/yellow goo, no poop. She’s eating and drinking normally.

My partner and I have our first set of Guinea fowl keets! Mom had one egg left after the others hatched but kept coming off her nest and it was quite cold. Could hear it pipping and see the cracking so we put it under the heat lamp. My partner saw him struggling once hatched to disconnect fully...

Lethargic, no really wanting to eat, eyes closed and heavy breathing. Just started today but in hindsight it is not progressing like the other chicks. It is exactly 2 weeks old.

I have a 5(ish) week old baby chick and she doesn’t seem well. She is very wobbly and can’t seem to stand up tall without falling over. She also isn’t getting as big as the others we got at the same time as her. She is eating and drinking and still moving around her little coop. We took her out...

Hello! I recently got chicks for my backyard and got two Yokohamas with the ten chicks I got. Sadly one already has passed, I tried every efforts to bring her back to recovery but on day four she was gone. But now I’m left with my last Yokohama who is showing similar symptoms but at the same...

This is Miracle when she(or he) was getting better, her feathers fuller and able to stand and starting to be able to eat on her own. She had a rough hatch where you can see her trying to come out of her shell for 24 hours about 2-3 days after the other chicks hatched in the incubator. They...

I have a sick chick so I did a search on BYC to see what others did for their sick chick. What I found was a numerous posts asking (and sometimes begging) for assistance with a sick chick. Some went unanswered... some got detailed diagnosis. But few followed up to let us know if the chick...

Hello, I have a sick 1 week old cream legbar. She’s about half the size of the other chicks. The past couple days, she was tiny but eating and drinking. Today she has now stopped eating/ pooped water with what looks to be a tiny hallow squishy seed shaped body part or something. She’s pretty...

Hi all, hoping someone can help me!! I got 4 5-day old Araucana chicks, and the next day 3 1-day old silkie chicks. (From Different breeders) A few days after them seeming fine in their new brooder, eating medicated chick starter and fresh water on a bed of untreated pine, and an electric hen...

I’ve got a turken that’s almost 4 weeks old, I’m not sure if its a boy or a girl, but 4-5 days ago she started displaying issues with depth perception and was sleeping a little more. I made notice that she was babying the eye when I examined all the chicks, but I didn’t think much of it except...

Hello! Today I was DNA testing my chicks (a simple nail trim that makes them bleed a little bit, but it’s safe) and as I was putting my olive egger chick back she spit up a lot of water or clear liquid. I know it was a stressful experience for them so could it have been from that? Or could I...

It seems that my chick's vent has prolapsed. She hasn't eaten or drank anything since she hatched, she has just been staying under her mother. What should we do? (I'll attach some photos) Thanks

So I have a broody hen and the eggs just hatched about 8 hours ago. They are all still under the mom. They all seem healthy except for one, it is laying down, breathing quite fast and its eyes are closed, It has an odd thing sticking out on its butt (I have attached a photo). Anyone know what...

Hi everyone! So I just brought home 6 chicks from TSC and at first they were doing great! Eating, drinking, etc. we found one to have pasty butt, and we quickly cleared all of the discharge, but now she’s still acting off. When we disturb the brooder, she stays still. She acts lethargic, won’t...

I got some polish chicks from Cackle hatchery 3 days ago and all of them made it alive and well. But today when I went to change their food and water I noticed one wasn’t acting right. He was laying on the ground both of his legs sticking straight out behind him like he was dead! I quickly...

I have a new group of babies that hatched on February 3rd. 10 total. Everyone seems to do wonderfully except 1. I have a little buff orpington that is opening and closing her beak often, stretching her neck out, and shaking her head. I have noticing a little bit of clear discharge when she...

Chick also has a mass/ball at the end of the keel bone. It looks like she has some kind of internal damage since the area looks like a bruise. She’s moving around fine and is eating and drinking. Though she’s really thin and tiny compared to her siblings. Though I have seen that she’s hunched...

I have a hen named Olive who I raised from a chick, she will be a year old on the 25th of August. She is a silkie/Easter Egger mix and has been very healthy previously. This morning I went outside to let her out of the coop, she shares a coop with two silkie hens and her two chicks, and noticed...

Hey, so my hen (fluffy, age 2, buff Orpington) has been in the nest box for 2 days straight. she is not sitting on eggs, and i do not think she has even layed an egg. She has a missing patch of feathers on her neck too. any ideas on what's wrong with her??? also when i take her out of the nest...