My baby chicken looks sick (please help)

[Wezdin]

Almost forgot

 

[LITTLEFFox59]

he poop is like a light brown lighter than her food and she has been like this for 2 days or so but I noticed 2 days ago and she does get a energy boost and runs to me

 

[aart]

We really need to know about her housing and heat.


Here's my notes on chick heat, hope something in there might help:

They need to be pretty warm(~85-90F on the brooder floor right under the lamp and 10-20 degrees cooler at the other end of brooder) for the first day or two, especially if they have been shipped, until they get to eating, drinking and moving around well. But after that it's best to keep them as cool as possible for optimal feather growth and quicker acclimation to outside temps. A lot of chick illnesses are attributed to too warm of a brooder. I do think it's a good idea to use a thermometer on the floor of the brooder to check the temps, especially when new at brooding, later I still use it but more out of curiosity than need.


The best indicator of heat levels is to watch their behavior:

If they are huddled/piled up right under the lamp and cheeping very loudly, they are too cold.

If they are spread out on the absolute edges of the brooder as far from the lamp as possible, panting and/or cheeping very loudly, they are too hot.

If they sleep around the edge of the lamp calmly just next to each other and spend time running all around the brooder they are juuuust right!


The lamp is best at one end of the brooder with food/water at the other cooler end of the brooder, so they can get away from the heat or be under it as needed. Wattage of 'heat' bulb depends on size of brooder and ambient temperature of room brooder is in. Regular incandescent bulbs can be used, you might not need a 'heat bulb'. If you do use a heat bulb make sure it's specifically for poultry, some heat bulbs for food have teflon coatings that can kill birds. You can get red colored incandescent bulbs at a reptile supply source. A dimmer extension cord is an excellent way to adjust the output of the bulb to change the heat without changing the height of the lamp.



Or you could go with a heat plate, commercially made or DIY: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/pseudo-brooder-heater-plate

 

[LITTLEFFox59]

I got her from this guy selling them outside my school and had a bunch and he colored them with disgusted me
I dont know how old but probly 1 month now and I just heat her up with my body or with the other chicks

 

[Wezdin]

there I got a picture in and should I put her away from the others tell shes better

I got her from this guy selling them outside my school and had a bunch and he colored them with disgusted me
I dont know how old but probly 1 month now and I just heat her up with my body or with the other chicks

those chicks in the picture are not 1 month

 

[LITTLEFFox59]

I live in Ecuador which its really hot here and to sleep I put them in a box and in the morning we put the out side and she gets excluded and is the only one that cheeps loudly tell she sees me

 

[aart]

I dont know how old but probly 1 month now and I just heat her up with my body or with the other chicks

THat chick does not look one month old.
They need more than the other chicks or your body heat,
unless you live somewhere really warm.
Where are you located in this wide world?

 

[LITTLEFFox59]

oh well she is the smallest one the other are bigger though

 

[LITTLEFFox59]

Ecuador

 

[LITTLEFFox59]

there is a picture of one the other 3 I cant reach