Two week old chick - lethargic and wants away from the heat lamp

[kris13]

She seems to want to be by herself and away from the heat lamp. The temp is fine / all of our other chicks are happy and bopping around. She move away if we're adding food or water, but then goes back to her corner and lays down. Try some yolk or pedialyte? A few days ago she wasn't doing this.

 

[azygous]

What have the chicks been eating besides regular feed?

Have you checked it's vent for pasting up?

Is it pooping? If so, does it chirp loudly when it does?

 

[kris13]

What have the chicks been eating besides regular feed?

Have you checked it's vent for pasting up?

Is it pooping? If so, does it chirp loudly when it does?

well, we figured it out - last night's pasty butt check was fine for all of them, so guess things weren't quite noticeable - turns out she was hiding in the corner to not get pecked on - they were going after her tail feathers. Guess during the day today it got bad / we ended up separating her since it was red. Getting some blu-kote tomorrow.

 

[azygous]

Good for you to have discovered her plight! You can use cortisone cream on the vent if it's swollen. Apply after the Blu-kote dries.

It might help to make some chick toys for diversion away from chick butts. This might give you some ideas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aggressive-baby-chicks-and-how-to-stop-the-behavior.72029/ It also explains how to discipline a baby chick to stop bad behavior.

I've taken a tennis ball and drawn red dots on it with red magic marker and made a little pecking toy from a window foam insulation noodle stapled to a block of wood. I wrap red duct tape around the noodle to draw their attention. I also stuck red duct tape pieces on their heating pad and you can see the chick on the far right pecking at it.

 

[Mellowmalt]

Seperating it might be a good move but it still needs the same heat as the others

 

[kris13]

Seperating it might be a good move but it still needs the same heat as the others

Her area has a heat lamp / they're all in the same pen just have netting (small enough no worries anyone gets stuck) to keep her alone. Figured least that way she sees the others.

 

[kris13]

Thanks for the tips! Def. will watch them once we put her back in to see who is/are the main culprits.

Good for you to have discovered her plight! You can use cortisone cream on the vent if it's swollen. Apply after the Blu-kote dries.

It might help to make some chick toys for diversion away from chick butts. This might give you some ideas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aggressive-baby-chicks-and-how-to-stop-the-behavior.72029/ It also explains how to discipline a baby chick to stop bad behavior.

I've taken a tennis ball and drawn red dots on it with red magic marker and made a little pecking toy from a window foam insulation noodle stapled to a block of wood. I wrap red duct tape around the noodle to draw their attention. I also stuck red duct tape pieces on their heating pad and you can see the chick on the far right pecking at it.View attachment 2617258