KCurry1997
In the Brooder
- Mar 27, 2018
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Hello, we are brand new at this. My husband and I bought 10 chicks originally, and they were doing great the first week. My husband then brought home 10 more without my knowledge at the time. Apparently he was at the feed store and another customer was there and desperate bc he had too many and offered them to us for free. And then there was 20! They got crowded fast and had started some pecking and some were bleeding. One of our youngest, I’m guessing only about 2-3 weeks old was in bad shape. It wasn’t eating or drinking and was inactive. We separated it and expanded the other birds living spaces. It was the smallest of that breed that we had and thought it was prob dehydrated and not getting as much to eat as the bigger birds. So we got him through the night giving him water and he survived. We only had 4 of the 2-3 wk old chicks and they have been separated from the bigger birds. We tried to reintroduce the one that was sick back with his breed for a day now and it’s fine except it is pecking at the others. Its not drawing blood yet but it keeps pecking. I don’t know if it’s a hen or rooster. I read somewhere to try using Vick’s vapo rub and didn’t help! Do you have any suggestions? We are trying to raise them organic and have not put them on the medicated started feed but I’m considering strongly in doing that. Are they still considered organic if their on the medicated starter food? Sorry so long
