Ruffled feather chicks

[mindy012]

My chicks have very ruffled and ugly feathers. I’m thinking it could be a sun deficiency because here in las vegas, it is 100+ degrees about every day so I didn’t take them outside until they were two weeks old. I took them outside because I noticed their feathers were starting to get ugly. They are now 4 weeks old and their feathers are still ruffled and ugly. They’ve been outside every day all day for two weeks. Is this a sun deficiency? How long until their feathers start recovering?

 

[nuthatched]

Diet? Any mites?

 

[Sinadrea]

My chicks have very ruffled and ugly feathers. I’m thinking it could be a sun deficiency because here in las vegas, it is 100+ degrees about every day so I didn’t take them outside until they were two weeks old. I took them outside because I noticed their feathers were starting to get ugly. They are now 4 weeks old and their feathers are still ruffled and ugly. They’ve been outside every day all day for two weeks. Is this a sun deficiency? How long until their feathers start recovering?
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What type of chicks are they?

 

[mindy012]

What type of chicks are they?

two are buff orpington, two are rhode island red, and one is a kikiriki

 

[mindy012]

vegetables, fruits, bread&milk, rice.
also no I don’t think they have mites.

 

[mindy012]

they also have blue eyelids

 

[Debbie292d]

vegetables, fruits, bread&milk, rice.
also no I don’t think they have mites.

They need to be on chick starter until they are laying eggs. Then, a layer feed or all-flock with a dish of oyster shells.

 

[mindy012]

They need to be on chick starter until they are laying eggs. Then, a layer feed or all-flock with a dish of oyster shells

They need to be on chick starter until they are laying eggs. Then, a layer feed or all-flock with a dish of oyster shells.

okay. I put mite and lice powder on them. is it safe if they eat it? because I sprinkled some on the dirt

 

[Sinadrea]

two are buff orpington, two are rhode island red, and one is a kikiriki

I'm not sure what is wrong but wasn't sure if they were frizzles at first!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My chicks have very ruffled and ugly feathers. I’m thinking it could be a sun deficiency because here in las vegas, it is 100+ degrees about every day so I didn’t take them outside until they were two weeks old. I took them outside because I noticed their feathers were starting to get ugly. They are now 4 weeks old and their feathers are still ruffled and ugly. They’ve been outside every day all day for two weeks. Is this a sun deficiency? How long until their feathers start recovering?
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vegetables, fruits, bread&milk, rice.
also no I don’t think they have mites.

Welcome To BYC

Can you get a bad bag of chick starter and feed them that instead?

Diet can affect growth and feather quality, so likely you will begin to see some improvement once they are getting a nutritionally balanced chick starter.

edited because auto correct keeps spelling bag, "bad".