City girl who moved to the country and is a new chickie mommy.

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In the Brooder
Oct 22, 2017
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Good Morning everyone!
I've lived in Los Angeles all of my life (in the suburbs when I was younger but right smack in the middle of Hollywood for the last 14 years) and recently moved to the country a few months ago. I'm still in southern California but have way more space now with enough land to eventually homestead. I've been interested in raising chickens for a few years now and finally got my first set of chicks from the local feed store a coulple of days ago.

I have 6 chicks: 2 Buff Brahmas, 2 Black Jersey Giants, 1 California white and 1 White Japanese bantam.
They're all doing great except for the Japanese who won't really eat much and I think I'll have to feed her with a dropper today. I don't know if it's because she's so much smaller than the others and is stressed out or if something is wrong with her but hopefully she'll make it, especially because she's the only one that is my son's pet and the rest are mine.

My husband bought our coop yesterday and I look forward to putting it together. We got the Producer's Pride Defender coop from Tractor Supply that has a 10 ft by 10 ft walk in run and an attached coop with 5 nesting boxes so we can add more chickens next year.

I got our chickens mostly for eggs but plan to try meat hens in a few years for more self sustainability. I also plan on getting a couple of goats in the coming years as well and growing lots of veggies and planting fruit trees now that we have ample space. In the city I was only able to do container gardens at home and had a plot in the local community garden which was wonderful at the time but still limiting.

I'm looking forward to learning a lot from the members here and enjoying my chickens!
Thanks for having me!
 

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:welcome

It's nice to have you here, thanks for joining us!

Hopefully, your bantam will be ok. Since he's in with larger chicks, he might be getting crowded out of the food and water. Giving him additional nutrition with a dropper should help. They will all benefit by adding some Nutri-Drench to their waterer (it's available at farms stores such as TSC...Tractor Supply).

Best of luck to you!
 
N F C said:
:welcome

It's nice to have you here, thanks for joining us!

Hopefully, your bantam will be ok. Since he's in with larger chicks, he might be getting crowded out of the food and water. Giving him additional nutrition with a dropper should help. They will all benefit by adding some Nutri-Drench to their waterer (it's available at farms stores such as TSC...Tractor Supply).

Best of luck to you!
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Thank you. I have added electrolytes to their water but probably need to get vitamins too. I gave them a little protein treat last night with some scrambled eggs but my little Japanese wouldn't take it. We'll see what happens today.
Thanks!
 
Tyava Winborne said:
Thank you. I have added electrolytes to their water but probably need to get vitamins too. I gave them a little protein treat last night with some scrambled eggs but my little Japanese wouldn't take it. We'll see what happens today.
Thanks!
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Sometimes even doing all you can, they just don't thrive. Hoping that is not the case here and he snaps out of it. :fl

If you need or want some additional advice on how to help him, you can try posting here:
Raising Baby Chicks
Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures

Keep us posted on how he's doing.
 
Hello, greetings from So Cal!

Tyava, I would put a divider in that box, so the Japanese bantam is alone. It may be sick.

When I first got into raising chickens, I had a couple of chicks that would not eat much and within a couple of days they became very ill and died.Not knowing what to do, I took the surviving chicks to the Vet for a check up and he said it was contagious coccidiosis. They were all treated and survived.

Separate the chick and observe its behavior and eating and drinking. If it just stands around and does't show interest in food or water that is abundant and available, there is a problem with it.

Chicks should be running, playing, pecking, sleeping, eating and drinking. If you notice any loose stools or diarrhea, definitely need to treat it.

Are you feeding them medicated chick feed?
 
Hen Pen Jem said:
Hello, greetings from So Cal!

Tyava, I would put a divider in that box, so the Japanese bantam is alone. It may be sick.

When I first got into raising chickens, I had a couple of chicks that would not eat much and within a couple of days they became very ill and died.Not knowing what to do, I took the surviving chicks to the Vet for a check up and he said it was contagious coccidiosis. They were all treated and survived.

Separate the chick and observe its behavior and eating and drinking. If it just stands around and does't show interest in food or water that is abundant and available, there is a problem with it.

Chicks should be running, playing, pecking, sleeping, eating and drinking. If you notice any loose stools or diarrhea, definitely need to treat it.

Are you feeding them medicated chick feed?
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Thank you for your response. I'm feeding them an organic chick starter that has probiotics and yeast culture but no antibiotics. When I pick her up she very chirpy and tries to get away and keeps her eyes open until I start petting her. Then she closes her eyes. When I dip her beak in the water with electrolytes she drinks it but sometimes bubbles come out of her beak. She timidly pecks at the feed sometimes but mostly she just likes to stay under the heat lamp and huddle under the other bigger chicks. All of my other chicks are very energetic and love the scrambled eggs that I gave them but the little Japanese had no interest.
 

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