MysticUniKitty
Crowing
So I brought in my new two tiny Brahma chicks as the hens kept blocking them in a corner of the chick area, which left them a little dehydrated and caused pasty butt to start up.
Last night I scooped up both and brought them inside. washed their butts, got my electrolyte/vitamins powder I had on hand and made a diluted mixture and used a new tiny med syringe to slowly give them a drop at a time. I then put them under my heat lamp and with tiny food and water bowls. They were doing happy cheeps last night and this morning
This evening I went to check on them and their butts were pretty messy so i started with Salt:
Cleaned him up and he (pretty sure it's a roo) hopped down and was struttin around the table
So I'm thinking maybe he's ok?
Then it got to Pepper's turn:
I cleaned her up, she was very stressed about it, once i cleaned her off she sat in my hand for a moment, hopped down and then all of a sudden flopped over with her wings out and laying on her side. (i saw a hawk act this way after hitting a car) freaked me out, tried getting her to stand and still she fell, i ended up just holding her for a bit and then got her under the heatlamp again thinking maybe i gave her a cold from wash. I took a video of them walking around, Salt stays near Pepper and he's doing what i think is normal chick antics, but Pepper is kinda more wobbly.
Pepper is the one darker and lower to the ground. Salt is standing up right, showing her the water.
Video:
Could this be Maerk's? or could it maybe something else? i just got these two on Monday. I was told they were about 3 days old then. I also got 3 three week olds at same time, same breeder, and one of them was mothering the babies so I let them stay together. Lesson learned won't do that again, specially when i have two hen's that can hop the fence.
Last night I scooped up both and brought them inside. washed their butts, got my electrolyte/vitamins powder I had on hand and made a diluted mixture and used a new tiny med syringe to slowly give them a drop at a time. I then put them under my heat lamp and with tiny food and water bowls. They were doing happy cheeps last night and this morning
This evening I went to check on them and their butts were pretty messy so i started with Salt:
Cleaned him up and he (pretty sure it's a roo) hopped down and was struttin around the table
So I'm thinking maybe he's ok?
Then it got to Pepper's turn:
I cleaned her up, she was very stressed about it, once i cleaned her off she sat in my hand for a moment, hopped down and then all of a sudden flopped over with her wings out and laying on her side. (i saw a hawk act this way after hitting a car) freaked me out, tried getting her to stand and still she fell, i ended up just holding her for a bit and then got her under the heatlamp again thinking maybe i gave her a cold from wash. I took a video of them walking around, Salt stays near Pepper and he's doing what i think is normal chick antics, but Pepper is kinda more wobbly.
Pepper is the one darker and lower to the ground. Salt is standing up right, showing her the water.
Video:
Could this be Maerk's? or could it maybe something else? i just got these two on Monday. I was told they were about 3 days old then. I also got 3 three week olds at same time, same breeder, and one of them was mothering the babies so I let them stay together. Lesson learned won't do that again, specially when i have two hen's that can hop the fence.
