Fascinating behaviour playing out! And question about crests in newborns?

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Hi @Lazygaze!

Your chicks are adorable!

I agree with @LaFleche though.... straw / shavings is better than newspaper, which will make Yellow's twisty foot worse.

Try to spend time with them and be a good mamma hen, giving them snuggle time.
They are crawling under each other, because they want a mamma.
Oh- also! I forgot today re their flooring, I had them initially in pine shavings yesterday but they were gaping, putting heads back and opening beaks wide- I googled it and was terrified it was damaging their respiratory tracts so I whipped it all out immediately.. they’re not gaping at al now and Yellow has never gaped. Maybe the shavings were too fine though, they were ‘small animal’ ones.
 
Re the food/grit thing- I gave them some scrambled egg and they LOVE it- but does this mean I now need to give them grit?
 

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