Just brought home some Cornish X chicks and they are all looking good and settling in well except for one chick. He looks otherwise healthy (no pasty butt, nothing else I can see) but he has been doing the loud, "I need something" peep that would normally tell me I need to raise or lower the heat lamp, or their water is empty. Except all the other chicks seem comfortable with the temperature (around 95 degrees directly under the lamp) and I don't see this peeping chick trying to huddle or anything. He just keeps crying out. I picked him up and noticed these strange marks on the back of his legs.
They kind of look like the color of bruises, but with blood red color as well. It's all under the skin though and there is no scabbing or bleeding.
Any clue what this is or what I can do? He walks and stands just fine btw. Do you guys think he is peeping because this is painful or could it be something else?
They kind of look like the color of bruises, but with blood red color as well. It's all under the skin though and there is no scabbing or bleeding.
Any clue what this is or what I can do? He walks and stands just fine btw. Do you guys think he is peeping because this is painful or could it be something else?