RIR baby not growing....

[carmeninthecountry]

I have a buddy who has RIR bantams maybe you got ahold of one ...

 

[mother o' chicks72]

how's jelly bean? I'm so sorry to hear she's not doing well

. Is there still a possibility she could make it?

 

[Kellichick]

I don't think so, Mother. She's very slowly worsening. I don't count on her making it through another 2-3 hours......

 

[TriciaHowe]

I am very sorry to hear that Jellybean is doing so poorly. She probably had a metabolic type syndrome so she couldn't absorb nutrients properly....

 

[earnhardtlvr]

i'm so sorry...it's nice to know she will have someone with her till the end.

 

[mother o' chicks72]

pamper her as much as possible in her last hours, if she's gonna die at least she can go in peace.

 

[Kellichick]

She passed at around 1:30 a.m.

NOW, her sibling is doing the same thing!!!! I got up this morning and the one that's the same age as her was laying on it's side, acting like it had lost it's balance and on the lethargic side!!!! I don't understand what's happening here! I had noticed that it, too, had stopped getting it's tail feathers and feathering out like it should've.

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY LITTLE FLOCK????????

 

[ShortCircuitRanch2332]

I have had kittens that do this idk what it is but they do GREAT for 2 maybe 3 weeks and then stop and another week its siblings are significantly larger than the one that's ill and they get worse and worse and then they pass I believe there internal organs stop growing and i feel your pain of trying to save them its hard to do

 

[TriciaHowe]

I am so sorry about the passing of Jellybean.....

Could they have gotten into any moldy chick starter? I just had to return a bag to my feed store because my flock raiser was dusty with mold..... That can cause similar symptoms to what you are describing. They are also at the age to be susceptible to Mareks. I hope that they 2nd one is able to recover.

 

[Kellichick]

Thank you for you support and love....

They've been eating out of a 25 pound bag and I keep it in my bedroom with them. I'm wondering if, maybe, it's something genetic since they came from the same place and were hatched at the same time, although, I'm unsure if the eggs were from the same hen. I have another thread in the disease forum with some pictures and info, if you'd like to go there.......