So, I received 4 chicks from MPC early Tuesday morning and I'm a bit disappointed. 2 of the chicks suffer from pasty butt as well as other issues, despite the fact I've offered electrolytes/ vitamins in their water, fed plenty of protein both in the feed with the addition of chopped up hard boiled eggs and organic plain yogurt, and kept the temp steady around 92-4*, which I thought was a little low for 1 week olds, but everyone said heat was causing the pasty butt. On top of the pasty butt, one chick arrived with 2 broken toes and another arrived with some sort of eye deformity or injury that's only gotten worse (pictured above). The other seems just fine.
I'm not quite sure what MPC would do if I told them, because I'm pretty sure the broken toes must have occurred during transport. Either way, I'm emailing or calling them tomorrow.
But, does anyone know what's going on with this baby's eye? Is there anything I can do? Is one chick hurting the others or something? I'm getting really frustrated because I'm having a lot of problems with these chicks, which I guess is just luck of the draw because 2 summers ago, when I did this last, I had no problems. *sigh*
I really appreciate any and all assistance.
