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Debbie292d said:
You speak perfect English. Don't apologize for that one bit!

You mentioned you were told sawdust was bad. It could be your kind is but ours have horse bedding pellets that turn to sawdust when they get wet. It works wonderfully for us from a few days old in the brooder, as well as in the main coop. I'm mentioning this because you said money is tight so I wanted to give you hope you wouldn't need to replace that necessarily. You should make sure they have grit though in case they eat any of it. Grit is like course dirt. You can put some of that in a box and give them a few minutes each day to take dust baths and eat some.

As for separating them, it sounds like you'd put all the older birds in that crate and cover them up. Maybe I misunderstood, but that's going to really cramp them. Is there a way to leave them out and just crate the sick one for a few days?

What is the temperature there where they are without the bulb? Those older ones looked fully feathered and provided it doesn't get below around 40F for them at that age, they should be fine without heat. Your sick one should be kept warm though.

Since you've got them on the Oxyvet, that's an antibiotic, so hopefully is taking care of the eye issue if it's an infection of some sort. You could rinse it out with a saline solution and take a look to see if you can tell more what's wrong.

Do you have any chicken vitamins? If not, make them some scrambled eggs once or twice a week. They'll gobble that up and they're very healthy for them.
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Thank you for your reply! It is very heartwarming and kind of what I need right now!

Firstly, I think I can separate them. Like keeping the sick one inside and the rest outside. But, right now they are all outside, standing in the edges of the crate near the lightbulb. Should I keep it this way? Or should I still keep the sick one inside isolated?

Another thing is that I notice he comes down looking for food and water. He drinks water but he doesn't eat food from the tin box where I leave the crumbles at. It's like he can't see or he is too tired to bend forward. So I brought the entire jar of feed that I have closer to him with the lid off. This time he started pecking and eating some. Then he takes off and looks for stuff in the wood shavings and a few seconds later, gets back up in the crate and stands in the edges and sorta sleeps near the light bulb. Whenever he comes down, I try to bring the cup with the oxyvet solution in front of him so he can drink from it. I don't forcefully make him drink. I only forcefully bring it closer to him so he can dip his beak and drink himself.

What kind of saline should I make to wipe his eye? I am really new to this so I wouldn't know.

As for the temperature part, I don't have anything to check the temperature right now so can't confirm it now. Will keeping them outside right now be an issue? Because they still sleep, but by standing and tucking their head in their feathers. I really don't wanna risk making the other ones sick without the presence of heat. What do you suggest?
 
Stravager said:
I will admit I haven't had time to go through the whole video closely, but is your lightbulb a shatter proof one? If it is, you might be introducing Teflon poisoning... Something to double check as a possible source of issues. The bulb also seems to be very close to the chicks and if it's a white light that you have going all night long you're also likely causing issues with their sleep which might affect digestion. A red bulb is better if you have to leave it on all night for warmth. Those are just a couple of things I can think of off the top of my head that could be issues with the setup.
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Oh my god! I didn't know that was a possibility! I am really out of clue if it is a shatter proof bulb because in Bangladesh, these cheap bulbs don't come with a safety manual or any description about what they are comprised of.

I don't have the bulb going all night long. I only started doing it since yesterday. But yesterday I did put them together with the crate enclosed by clothing layers and the bulb above the cloths. The brightness would be significantly lowered and almost dim at that point.

I only kept the light on tonight with the lid of the crate still open. They are sleeping on the edges of the crate close to the bulb.

Before yesterday, they would spend the night without any bulb or light source nearby. The crate would be enclosed with layers of clothing and that's it. In the morning I would get them outside and only then I would turn the light on for them to spend the day.

I wouldn't be able to get a red bulb before January the 2nd. What are my options now? Thank you for replying though. I really needed these
 
Rohan2425 said:
Thank you for your reply! It is very heartwarming and kind of what I need right now!

Firstly, I think I can separate them. Like keeping the sick one inside and the rest outside. But, right now they are all outside, standing in the edges of the crate near the lightbulb. Should I keep it this way? Or should I still keep the sick one inside isolated?

Another thing is that I notice he comes down looking for food and water. He drinks water but he doesn't eat food from the tin box where I leave the crumbles at. It's like he can't see or he is too tired to bend forward. So I brought the entire jar of feed that I have closer to him with the lid off. This time he started pecking and eating some. Then he takes off and looks for stuff in the wood shavings and a few seconds later, gets back up in the crate and stands in the edges and sorta sleeps near the light bulb. Whenever he comes down, I try to bring the cup with the oxyvet solution in front of him so he can drink from it. I don't forcefully make him drink. I only forcefully bring it closer to him so he can dip his beak and drink himself.

What kind of saline should I make to wipe his eye? I am really new to this so I wouldn't know.

As for the temperature part, I don't have anything to check the temperature right now so can't confirm it now. Will keeping them outside right now be an issue? Because they still sleep, but by standing and tucking their head in their feathers. I really don't wanna risk making the other ones sick without the presence of heat. What do you suggest?
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I looked it up and your weather is 65F right now. Those healthy chicks don't need heat unless the temp plummets to 40F or less.

Do you have any distilled water there? You could make a saline solution:
 
Debbie292d said:
I looked it up and your weather is 65F right now. Those healthy chicks don't need heat unless the temp plummets to 40F or less.

Do you have any distilled water there? You could make a saline solution:
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Hey Debby. Thank you for the information. You have been really helpful to me!

I let them spend the night anyways because at that time it was 5AM for me and I thought in a few hours it would be morning. I asked my mother to take em in the other balcony if there is sunlight available in the morning. And that she did. They are doing a bit okay now. But I am attaching another video link to provide an update. Thankfully this video is not that large. Somewhat 3 minutes or so. Please watch it when you're free.

About the distilled water thingy, I don't think I have that in any stores near me. I might need to order online. Then again, can't do it before January 2nd.

Btw sometimes the sick one sits somewhere else besides the bulb instead of sitting underneath it. Is it because he is feeling too hot? He is sitting on the bedding right now closer to the wall.

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Glad that one's doing a little better. Dipping its beak in its water to encourage it to drink is good as the oxyvet is helping it. He's probably not eating/drinking as much as he normally would because he's sick. Yes, a chick/chicken always needs a way to get away from the heat in case they get hot, so that's what he's doing.

Since its eye is improving, I'd skip ordering distilled water as unless you get an incubator, or have future eye issues, you probably won't need it. I've never used eye wash on a chicken as eye issues aren't real common, but if they get one, that's usually the first thing recommended to do to clean it.

You could set your dishes on bricks so they can't scratch wood chips in them so easily. Then you'll just deal with them sitting on them and tipping them over. ☺️

You must've put a fence or something on the balcony so no more jump off?
 
Debbie292d said:
Glad that one's doing a little better. Dipping its beak in its water to encourage it to drink is good as the oxyvet is helping it. He's probably not eating/drinking as much as he normally would because he's sick. Yes, a chick/chicken always needs a way to get away from the heat in case they get hot, so that's what he's doing.

Since its eye is improving, I'd skip ordering distilled water as unless you get an incubator, or have future eye issues, you probably won't need it. I've never used eye wash on a chicken as eye issues aren't real common, but if they get one, that's usually the first thing recommended to do to clean it.

You could set your dishes on bricks so they can't scratch wood chips in them so easily. Then you'll just deal with them sitting on them and tipping them over. ☺️

You must've put a fence or something on the balcony so no more jump off?
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Hi Debbie! Thanks for the advice again. It's really helpful and I really needed this.



Yeah, I put two fences and attached them to the entrance of the balcony. So they don't attempt escaping. But one of them can, he sometimes walks up to the fence, without even flying like spiderman and just sits on top of the fence linings. Then he jumps back.



Btw, one of them is healthy, or I think he is, he keeps making this whining sound. I recorded it.for you to see. Check the video below. But yeah he has been making this noise for quite some time now. I usually assume it's for food. Because after when I bring food to him, he calms down. But if I am present and he can see me. He still whines. But doesn't do that when he can't see me. Only on rare occasions. But sometimes I think he can see from the balcony all the way to my pc chair.



In the video, he is the one who is pecking the other chicken at the beginning of the video.

Anyways check out the video:
 
Rohan2425 said:
Hi Debbie! Thanks for the advice again. It's really helpful and I really needed this.



Yeah, I put two fences and attached them to the entrance of the balcony. So they don't attempt escaping. But one of them can, he sometimes walks up to the fence, without even flying like spiderman and just sits on top of the fence linings. Then he jumps back.



Btw, one of them is healthy, or I think he is, he keeps making this whining sound. I recorded it.for you to see. Check the video below. But yeah he has been making this noise for quite some time now. I usually assume it's for food. Because after when I bring food to him, he calms down. But if I am present and he can see me. He still whines. But doesn't do that when he can't see me. Only on rare occasions. But sometimes I think he can see from the balcony all the way to my pc chair.



In the video, he is the one who is pecking the other chicken at the beginning of the video.

Anyways check out the video:
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That's baby peeping noises. He wants his "mommy" (you), or, he wants something, like food/water.
 

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