Sickly Barnevelder chick, puffed up, no appetite

[MissChick@dee]

There is such a thing. But she’s made it this far. Chickens are puzzling amazing and tuff!

 

[aart]

Yes, the bullying thought had occurred to me at the time but she manages to get out of the way pretty quickly whenever the big girls are around. I am thinking that she has 'failure to thrive' syndrome, if there is such a thing! She is so, so small in comparison to her mates.

Someone recently posted a link to an article about 'runts'....Ha, found it!
https://metzerfarms.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-causes-runts.html?m=1
Not sure it's valid, but something to think about.

 

[oregonkat]

Someone recently posted a link to an article about 'runts'....Ha, found it!
https://metzerfarms.blogspot.com/2018/03/what-causes-runts.html?m=1
Not sure it's valid, but something to think about.

Thanks for the article. I am perfectly willing to try the probiotics especially as they have been on the Corid stuff. In fact I just made a fresh batch of yogurt last night so I can mix some of that in to the feed mash.

 

[oregonkat]

So in looking at different probiotic possibilities, I came across this which I thought was interesting. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/focus...tar-defined-probiotic-product-proves-efficacy, product is not available yet, but food for thought should anyone have an outbreak!