my 16 day old chick doesnt drink water it only eats i try to give it and it only drinked a little but wont drink no more what can i do

[Gabrielrh05]

he just eats and doesn't drink i tried giving him water but he moves away

 

[sourland]

If it has lived to be 16 days old, it is drinking.

 

[NatJ]

he just eats and doesn't drink i tried giving him water but he moves away

Is this a new thing? A chick cannot live 16 days without water, so it must have been getting moisture from somewhere.

If this is a new thing, you could just wait until the chick decides to drink again.

Or you could put a bit of its usual chicken food in a dish and add water. That way the chick can "eat" and get water as well (because the water is soaked into the food.)

 

[Gabrielrh05]

If it has lived to be 16 days old, it is drinking.

yea but i put water near him and leave it there he still doesn't drink it hes pooping brown and white with liquid,

 

[Gabrielrh05]

Is this a new thing? A chick cannot live 16 days without water, so it must have been getting moisture from somewhere.

If this is a new thing, you could just wait until the chick decides to drink again.

Or you could put a bit of its usual chicken food in a dish and add water. That way the chick can "eat" and get water as well (because the water is soaked into the food.)

thx you hes pooping brown and white with a clear liquid what can it be

 

[NatJ]

hes pooping brown and white with a clear liquid what can it be

https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

Here is an article with lots of pictures of chicken poop, if you want examples of what is normal. Chickens can poop many different colors, and it can be lumps or runny, and all of those can still be normal! Of course some kinds of poop can indicate problems, but there are so many kinds of "normal" that it's easy to be worried when you do not need to be.

i put water near him and leave it there he still doesn't drink it

He probably drinks when you are not watching. When I sit and watch chickens, I frequently see them eat, but I do not see them drink very often. So I think they spend a lot more time eating than they spend drinking.

Is he acting normal and healthy otherwise?

 

[Gabrielrh05]

https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

Here is an article with lots of pictures of chicken poop, if you want examples of what is normal. Chickens can poop many different colors, and it can be lumps or runny, and all of those can still be normal! Of course some kinds of poop can indicate problems, but there are so many kinds of "normal" that it's easy to be worried when you do not need to be.



He probably drinks when you are not watching. When I sit and watch chickens, I frequently see them eat, but I do not see them drink very often. So I think they spend a lot more time eating than they spend drinking.

Is he acting normal and healthy otherwise?

He started pooping normal now