GLoucesterChick
Chirping
Hi All, Im hoping someone can help either alleviate concerns or have a solution and some feed back would be most appreciated!
I have a new batch of 6 chicks 4 weeks old. There is a golden laced wyandotte. She is much smaller than the rest of the chicks, She is about the same size as a silkie (bantam) in the flock while the other in the flock are almost double that size. She poops normal, eats normal, drinks normal, plays, challenges, flys, She is active, though not as feisty as some of the others. I noticed the top of her beack is not formed and smooth like the others...it has a grey mottled hue, and kind of wrinkly, like a raisin. her comb is developing like a pink mush and looks more like sore skin than a comb. the other's beaks are shiny, defined, whith a ridge and combs are forming normally. but hers is wrinkled and flat. I may be paranoid now about these but here are some other syptoms...She seems to be scratching her face and shaking her head more than others.
So:
Smaller than others
top of beak looks wrinkley smushy and grey like a raisin. bottom of beak and nostrils look normal
comb doesnt look like its developing, looks like sore skin
shakes head
scartches face with foot
otherwise poops eats drinks behaves normally
Photo attached...Thank you in advance for feedback and help!
I have a new batch of 6 chicks 4 weeks old. There is a golden laced wyandotte. She is much smaller than the rest of the chicks, She is about the same size as a silkie (bantam) in the flock while the other in the flock are almost double that size. She poops normal, eats normal, drinks normal, plays, challenges, flys, She is active, though not as feisty as some of the others. I noticed the top of her beack is not formed and smooth like the others...it has a grey mottled hue, and kind of wrinkly, like a raisin. her comb is developing like a pink mush and looks more like sore skin than a comb. the other's beaks are shiny, defined, whith a ridge and combs are forming normally. but hers is wrinkled and flat. I may be paranoid now about these but here are some other syptoms...She seems to be scratching her face and shaking her head more than others.
So:
Smaller than others
top of beak looks wrinkley smushy and grey like a raisin. bottom of beak and nostrils look normal
comb doesnt look like its developing, looks like sore skin
shakes head
scartches face with foot
otherwise poops eats drinks behaves normally
Photo attached...Thank you in advance for feedback and help!