What's going on with my wings?

[six_chooks_for_now]

Hello! This is our second batch of chicks and we have one that holds its wings differently than everyone. The chick itself is about a week old (got last Saturday) is smaller, and has been slower/less perky than the others. Eats and drinks, poops fine. But it's wings look giant/held at a funny angle against the body. When I gently spread them out, she can bring them back in but it's slower than the other chicks who snap their wings back in place. Will she just grow into them? All of our other chicks keep their wings tight against their bodies. Thanks for your help!

 

[Alina28]

I don't see anything wrong with her wings particularly. I have only seen sick chicks with wings like that . If she is not sick i don't see any problem . But still keep an eye on her for any symptoms. Hope it helps and good luck.

 

[six_chooks_for_now]

Thank you! She has been less active than the others (more sleeping, less playing/running around) and is smaller, but doesn't seem to have any other obvious issues.

 

[six_chooks_for_now]

So we have had some interesting things happen with the chick - which is 4 weeks old now. A week ago it seemed to overheat and took a really long time to de-stress/cool down. To the point I thought it might die overnight. It was breathing really heavy and fast and sprawled out face down. Then it seemed fine this week and I haven't seen that happen again. Today when I was bringing it back inside (we put them outside a little bit each day in a wire cage so the other chickens can see them) and I realized I could hear it breathing. Almost like it's nasal passageways were kind of clogged or aren't big enough or something which is not allowing it to breathe easily. It wasn't raspy or sick sounding, and it has no discharge at its eyes or nose. It does have a pretty puffy looking area above it's nostrils, but I have seen Cuckoo Maran chicks pictured with this. Is there something I'm missing or not looking for? All of the chicks do a little bit of sneezing here and there but look healthy as far as I can tell. Does it just have a weird nasal passageway? This is NOT my chick/photo, but its beak/nostril area looks like this one that someone else posted asking about the gender:

Thanks for reading!