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Hello all,
First off, thanks for all the great information on this forum. I've been reading non-stop the last few days. I just picked up my first ever baby chicks a few days ago. 3 RiR and 11 Golden Sex-link from a local farm supply store. I didn't know anything about raising chicks when I got them, but I'm learning fast! I feel good about everything so far, they're in a nice brooder with a nice warm red lamp and pine shavings with plenty of food and water. The only concern I have is that two of them (the two black colored Golden Sex-links) appear to be missing a lot of feathers on their wings... it just looks like bare "wing bones". And one of those two has rather large bare spots on her middle back, between the wings. Her skin is really dry looking there. I've watched the flock for periods of time and it doesn't look like any "pecking" is going on. My major concern is if this is some kind of disease that could spread to the others. I hope it just has to do with stress of being a baby chick. They are both active and eating/drinking. Behavior seems fine. I haven't tried putting vaseline on the bare one yet, I'll try that when I get home.
All in all, most of the 14 chicks look healthy. I've had 2 or 3 that had some major "pasty butt" but I've been keeping an eye on it and clearing it off. Currently they are all in a large plastic "Rubbermaid" container but I know I'll need to move them into something larger soon. At this point, they don't seem overcrowded.
I hope that's enough info.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Edit: I forgot to mention, the two birds I'm talking about (the black ones) came from the store looking like this. I didn't really get a good chance to inspect them like I should have, the store associate just quickly grabbed the requested number and boxed them up. (yes I'm a newbie!)
First off, thanks for all the great information on this forum. I've been reading non-stop the last few days. I just picked up my first ever baby chicks a few days ago. 3 RiR and 11 Golden Sex-link from a local farm supply store. I didn't know anything about raising chicks when I got them, but I'm learning fast! I feel good about everything so far, they're in a nice brooder with a nice warm red lamp and pine shavings with plenty of food and water. The only concern I have is that two of them (the two black colored Golden Sex-links) appear to be missing a lot of feathers on their wings... it just looks like bare "wing bones". And one of those two has rather large bare spots on her middle back, between the wings. Her skin is really dry looking there. I've watched the flock for periods of time and it doesn't look like any "pecking" is going on. My major concern is if this is some kind of disease that could spread to the others. I hope it just has to do with stress of being a baby chick. They are both active and eating/drinking. Behavior seems fine. I haven't tried putting vaseline on the bare one yet, I'll try that when I get home.
All in all, most of the 14 chicks look healthy. I've had 2 or 3 that had some major "pasty butt" but I've been keeping an eye on it and clearing it off. Currently they are all in a large plastic "Rubbermaid" container but I know I'll need to move them into something larger soon. At this point, they don't seem overcrowded.
I hope that's enough info.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Edit: I forgot to mention, the two birds I'm talking about (the black ones) came from the store looking like this. I didn't really get a good chance to inspect them like I should have, the store associate just quickly grabbed the requested number and boxed them up. (yes I'm a newbie!)
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