- Mar 18, 2016
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Completely new to chickens (much less babies). 16 littles arrived here last Thursday via usmail. We've had a couple issues, but to date everybody seemed to be making it okay.
Today, though, one of the Buff Orpingtons looks wrong to me. She's laying kind of splayed out, with her feet out to the side. She wasn't getting up much (and then only to adjust when somebody walked on her), so I picked her up to have a better look.
She just lay there, pretty limp. I couldn't see anything obvious, though. Put her back into the brooder, and I watched her limp very awkwardly a few paces, then lay down again.
Not sure what's up with this? Could she have gotten squashed somehow by her (15) brooder-mates?
Today, though, one of the Buff Orpingtons looks wrong to me. She's laying kind of splayed out, with her feet out to the side. She wasn't getting up much (and then only to adjust when somebody walked on her), so I picked her up to have a better look.
She just lay there, pretty limp. I couldn't see anything obvious, though. Put her back into the brooder, and I watched her limp very awkwardly a few paces, then lay down again.
Not sure what's up with this? Could she have gotten squashed somehow by her (15) brooder-mates?
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