Fru-Fru
Songster
- May 21, 2020
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Hello, I have a Silkie, 2.5 week old, mail order, that has me a little worried:
-he eats less than the other chicks - spends time sleeping away from other chicks, when others are scratching or eating
-he is breathing faster than normal, compared to other chicks in the flock (all same age)
-he is growing more slowly
-his poop is a little runny
Otherwise he acts normal, tries to fly, looks up when hearing sounds, scratches from time to time.
He has been like this for a while, maybe from the start, but at least for a week. I think he also likes to eat pieces of paper towel.
I've been leaving him alone, he eats what the others eat, when he does. I am adding probiotic and vitamins to water every few days. The first week they were getting vitamins.
I tried feeding them hard boiled egg yolk a week ago, but they did not seem to know what to do with it.
The bedding is pine shavings, they are in a brooder at home.
Can it be his personality?
Still, the panting (breathing twice as fast as others chicks) makes me worried.
-he eats less than the other chicks - spends time sleeping away from other chicks, when others are scratching or eating
-he is breathing faster than normal, compared to other chicks in the flock (all same age)
-he is growing more slowly
-his poop is a little runny
Otherwise he acts normal, tries to fly, looks up when hearing sounds, scratches from time to time.
He has been like this for a while, maybe from the start, but at least for a week. I think he also likes to eat pieces of paper towel.
I've been leaving him alone, he eats what the others eat, when he does. I am adding probiotic and vitamins to water every few days. The first week they were getting vitamins.
I tried feeding them hard boiled egg yolk a week ago, but they did not seem to know what to do with it.
The bedding is pine shavings, they are in a brooder at home.
Can it be his personality?
Still, the panting (breathing twice as fast as others chicks) makes me worried.