CHICK WON'T STOP CHIRPING!

[Altairsky]

If it's a runt then it might have something wrong with it. Culling or not is your decision, if there is a possibility that this chick is suffering from some kind of internal malformation or genetic disorder then culling would be the most humane thing to do.

 

[Juleswins3]

Please help y'all, I'm gonna tear my hair out. I have this one chick who WOULD NOT STOP CHIRPING IN DISTRESS. From sunrise to sundown it would NOT STOP. The most annoying thing is there's no reason for it to be distressed. It has proper heating, fellow chicks to play and snuggle with, food/water. I have not handled it if at all since it hatched, so its certainly not looking for me.

It's also so unusually rowdy jumping all over the place making that high-pitched chirping call. I keep them in a room directly across from my bedroom and I have been unable to sleep for 2 days because of this! I can't move them anywhere else in my small home. I raised a good amount of chicks and this is the first time where a chick would chirp non-stop indiscriminately. Could it be some kinda of neurological disorder? I'm this close to just culling that one chick. The others are fine. It's literally just one in the batch of 6.

Sounds like you’ve covered every possible scenario for the chick’s comfort and well-being if it’s the only one that’s nutso. If I couldn’t move it out of the house, I’d be looking to cull it.

 

[CluckettyCluckerson]

Please help y'all, I'm gonna tear my hair out. I have this one chick who WOULD NOT STOP CHIRPING IN DISTRESS. From sunrise to sundown it would NOT STOP. The most annoying thing is there's no reason for it to be distressed. It has proper heating, fellow chicks to play and snuggle with, food/water. I have not handled it if at all since it hatched, so its certainly not looking for me.

It's also so unusually rowdy jumping all over the place making that high-pitched chirping call. I keep them in a room directly across from my bedroom and I have been unable to sleep for 2 days because of this! I can't move them anywhere else in my small home. I raised a good amount of chicks and this is the first time where a chick would chirp non-stop indiscriminately. Could it be some kinda of neurological disorder? I'm this close to just culling that one chick. The others are fine. It's literally just one in the batch of 6.

Did you cull the chick? It sound like an upset belly or they are cold. Just my opinion.
I would check the heat. It’s odd you mention you’ve often had chicks with pasty butt. For me it’s only when I have had large hatches at once.

 

[CozyDia]

Surprisingly the chick did a whole 180 on its personality. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but it just suddenly decided to be more quiet and calm one day right as I was about to decide its fate. It's currently still alive with its friends and doing well though still very very very tiny and a slow grower compared to its hatch mates.

Pasty butt is a common issue I always get, but I don't really know what's the possible cause since I only use a heating plate 99% of the time. My only hypothesis would be that I don't put any pine shavings so their feet touches the training pad floor which is cold for the first weekish. It does remedy itself once they reach around 3-4 weeks old old. The poo is less stuck on their bum hole and more on their downy fluff.

 

[Altairsky]

If pasty butt is a common problem, I would definitely change the brand of the chick starter. Pasty butt shouldn't be a norm.

 

[CozyDia]

If pasty butt is a common problem, I would definitely change the brand of the chick starter. Pasty butt shouldn't be a norm.

I never considered their food causes pasty butt. I've always used Texas Natural Feeds Elite Chick Starter.