- May 7, 2012
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We went to a local auction and got chicks.. we were VERY surprised with how cheap the chicks were selling for (hardly anyone buying and none selling for over a dollar and now I'm worried it's because they are known to be in bad health or something..
We were really just going to watch for peachicks but, of course, the babies are so cute we ended up with 15 barred rock, (5 of them are about 2 weeks old, the rest are now 3 days old) 4 Ameracauna (about a week and a half old) and then 10 mixed breed who are now 3 days old.. no clue yet what thye are, will post piucs but I think they are mutts)
Some of the chicks appeared to have a slight bit of blood in the stool (clearish pinkish discharge appeared in the shavings) but then I went through my normal clean the butts of the babies and found some plugged up and some that looked sore from having been plugged up, so I assumed it was from that.. This morning there was some red in the poop that
I worried was blood but from looking at the poop pic link on another thread, I'm not as worried. We will, however, be grabbing some better food. No staples.. anything like that that they could have access too.. 4 of the chicks (the ameracaunas) seem to be slightly lethargic still so I am going to seperate them although, they've all been together for 4 days now, I'm assuming if there is damage to be done, it's done..
We grabbed some chick starter from the place at the same time since we didn't have any and I haven't ever used medicated chick feed on my chicks before (I used to always hatch them myself or get a rare few from reputable places) but now we are going to grab some as well as some plain yogurt, something extra to help with hydration..etc.
All of the chicks, aside from the Ameracaunas, seem perfectly normal, popping all over and acting like normal hyper chicks, even the ameracaunas are acting normal, they are just slightly puffed.
Going to head to tractor supply and grab some better stuff and then hopefully everyone will be feeling better. If anyone can think of anything else we can do, I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much
- Sarah
We were really just going to watch for peachicks but, of course, the babies are so cute we ended up with 15 barred rock, (5 of them are about 2 weeks old, the rest are now 3 days old) 4 Ameracauna (about a week and a half old) and then 10 mixed breed who are now 3 days old.. no clue yet what thye are, will post piucs but I think they are mutts)
Some of the chicks appeared to have a slight bit of blood in the stool (clearish pinkish discharge appeared in the shavings) but then I went through my normal clean the butts of the babies and found some plugged up and some that looked sore from having been plugged up, so I assumed it was from that.. This morning there was some red in the poop that
I worried was blood but from looking at the poop pic link on another thread, I'm not as worried. We will, however, be grabbing some better food. No staples.. anything like that that they could have access too.. 4 of the chicks (the ameracaunas) seem to be slightly lethargic still so I am going to seperate them although, they've all been together for 4 days now, I'm assuming if there is damage to be done, it's done..
We grabbed some chick starter from the place at the same time since we didn't have any and I haven't ever used medicated chick feed on my chicks before (I used to always hatch them myself or get a rare few from reputable places) but now we are going to grab some as well as some plain yogurt, something extra to help with hydration..etc.
All of the chicks, aside from the Ameracaunas, seem perfectly normal, popping all over and acting like normal hyper chicks, even the ameracaunas are acting normal, they are just slightly puffed.
Going to head to tractor supply and grab some better stuff and then hopefully everyone will be feeling better. If anyone can think of anything else we can do, I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much
- Sarah
