Brand new chick mom here with a question...this morning after their breakfast of scrambled egg over their organic chick feed one of my two-week-old EE chicks has the sneezes. She is sneezing pretty constantly for the last 2 hours. She's eating, drinking, acting 100% normal and no discharge. No amonia scent in their box either (I have a sensative nose) and great ventilation in the bathroom. Their feathers are coming on strong and I do see a lot of tiny, tiny chick down floating around as they groom themselves after eating. Could she have inhaled a bit of down and that is causing the sneezing? Is sneezing common when they loose their chick down and move into feathers?
They have been on liquid vitamins w/ electrolyes in their water since arriving two weeks ago. I was thinking about moving the flock of 9 out of the bathroom and into the coop today along with their heat lamp...it'll get up to the high 60's and they'll have a lot more room...but not if one is compromised in her breathing.
I'd so very much appreciate some ideas here. Thank you for your help from this nervous first-time mother hen.
NC ChickenKate
They have been on liquid vitamins w/ electrolyes in their water since arriving two weeks ago. I was thinking about moving the flock of 9 out of the bathroom and into the coop today along with their heat lamp...it'll get up to the high 60's and they'll have a lot more room...but not if one is compromised in her breathing.
I'd so very much appreciate some ideas here. Thank you for your help from this nervous first-time mother hen.
NC ChickenKate