Concerned with new chickens

Chickenbooties

In the Brooder
Apr 12, 2023
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Hello, we have 5 new chickens, 2 Bielefelders, 2 Easter eggers and a speckled Sussex, all 6 weeks old, kept indoors in a brooder. The rooster Bielefelder and the female, have been squinting one eye for at least a couple weeks, clear nasal discharge, and they seem like they're wiping their face on their back feathers, or maybe just scrathing...idk. Today found a scab or looks like a scab on roosters right leg just above the foot bend, not sure if it's related or maybe he just injured it idk. They are active, eating and drinking and playing. We change out the bedding every other day about. Should I be worried?
 
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The bedding is the larger flakes, at first we used finer ones, but switched to these cause of the symptoms a few weeks ago
 
Organic
That should be fine although they can go out into the coop by now.
What's their diet, and have you treated them with anything
Cluck co. Organic Chick starter crumbles and changing water every day. We were going to put them in today, but afraid of them getting the big chickens sick. Also, a couple of the chicks aren't that big, that rooster it, but two were weak and we hand fed them, they're better now but behind in growth
 
That should be fine although they can go out into the coop by now.
What's their diet, and have you treated them with anything
Looks like they weren't big enough, the older chickens just killed the rooster 😭😭. He was such an awesome Rooster, so friendly.
 
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