Hi Everyone, I'm a first time chicken mommy and I have a 2 day old buff orpington chick that was really picky at her butt yesterday when I brought them home. I checked her and she was clean so I left her be. Well, today I noticed she had a little bit of poo on her butt and dried in the fuzz but her vent was open and not shut. I cleaned it all off and put some vegetable oil around the vent with a q-tip. When I did this, I noticed she had picked a lot of the hair off earlier. She is also pretty lethargic and sleepy compared to the rest of the chicks. They are running around like crazy and will plow her over and she's always sleepy. She will eat and drink. I have them on non-medicated starter feed and water with vitamins/electrolytes in it. They are in a brooder in our laundry room and the temp has been consistently 93-96 degrees. I attached a pic of what she looks like AFTER I cleaned her up and put vegetable oil on it (why it looks so shiny) . Any suggestions from all you experts? The others are not picking at her. Should I keep her with them or separate her?
Thanks in advance!!!
