Runt of the Flock
Songster
i recently mixed my 12 week old chicks (ISA browns, buff orpingtons and americanas) with my adult hens/pekin ducks. Everything was going well, they came back into the coop at night, everyone was eating well until i noticed a few days ago one ISA brown was having trouble getting places that involved flying/jumping. I didn't think it was a big deal since they are still young and a bit small. But today i noticed she looked very unbalanced and i picked her up. It appears that her gizzard is enlarged and i just assumed she is just full but i took it in to show my dad and she puked?? and while carrying her i noticed her gizzard is the size of my fist!! Now I've never seen a full grown hen with such a large gizzard let alone a 12 week old...
I haven't placed out a pan of grit like i usually do because i wasn't sure if that could be harmful to my ducks but my chickens have outside access to free ranging in my woods where there are many rocks, bugs, weeds and natural grit. None of my other birds seem to have any similar problems so I'm a bit perplexed. I'm hoping someone will know how to help me with this situation i haven't lost any of my babies yet and i don't want to start losing them now 

