Hello! I need help!!
I bought 6 chicks at the same time at the first of March so they are about 2 months old. All have moved outside to a pen and box (still with a heat lamp) except for two of them. One had a hurt leg so I kept her inside and one is so small it gets picked on by the others. So those two are still in my house under a lamp. The smaller chick isn’t growing, hasn’t grown in several weeks. It eats and drinks normally but it chirps ALL OF THE TIME. I’ve tried everything I can think of to get it to hush. I made a feather duster of some sort out of some feathers from one of my grown hens that was attacked by a hawk, I hung it inside her box and she and the other chick huddled under it the first 2 days and she hushed a little. I also take them outside when it’s warm to a cage where they are alone and let them be out for a while and scratch around some. Yesterday as my last resort I held It in a towel for a little bit and it settled down under my chin and covered with my hair and went to sleep. I have no idea what’s wrong with this chick. It doesn’t seem to have vision problems as it can see me coming when it’s in the cage outside and runs to me to take it back inside when it starts cooling off. I’ve tried leaving the heat lamp off, moving it closer and farther away, put a blanket over half of the box so it has a shade of some sort. The other chick is very nice to it, it lets it huddle underneath it so I know it’s not picking at it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I’m trying my best to keep in separated from the others until it grows more but holy cow this chirping is about to make me crazy. I’ve added pictures of both the tiny chick and the others that I got at the same time that are the same age to show the size difference. All are supposed to be Easter Eggers except for the two black ones.
I bought 6 chicks at the same time at the first of March so they are about 2 months old. All have moved outside to a pen and box (still with a heat lamp) except for two of them. One had a hurt leg so I kept her inside and one is so small it gets picked on by the others. So those two are still in my house under a lamp. The smaller chick isn’t growing, hasn’t grown in several weeks. It eats and drinks normally but it chirps ALL OF THE TIME. I’ve tried everything I can think of to get it to hush. I made a feather duster of some sort out of some feathers from one of my grown hens that was attacked by a hawk, I hung it inside her box and she and the other chick huddled under it the first 2 days and she hushed a little. I also take them outside when it’s warm to a cage where they are alone and let them be out for a while and scratch around some. Yesterday as my last resort I held It in a towel for a little bit and it settled down under my chin and covered with my hair and went to sleep. I have no idea what’s wrong with this chick. It doesn’t seem to have vision problems as it can see me coming when it’s in the cage outside and runs to me to take it back inside when it starts cooling off. I’ve tried leaving the heat lamp off, moving it closer and farther away, put a blanket over half of the box so it has a shade of some sort. The other chick is very nice to it, it lets it huddle underneath it so I know it’s not picking at it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I’m trying my best to keep in separated from the others until it grows more but holy cow this chirping is about to make me crazy. I’ve added pictures of both the tiny chick and the others that I got at the same time that are the same age to show the size difference. All are supposed to be Easter Eggers except for the two black ones.