why is one of my chicks stinky? UPDATE!!

[sheeshshe]

the chicks only sneeze outside really. I mean inside they sneeze every once in a while, but thats normal for birds anyways... clearing the dust out etc...

I dont think I could locate where the smell is coming from for the life of me since you get a foot away from her and you can smell her! hopefully now that she's been bathed I can see if the smell is coming from someplace... perhaps its gone altogether, we shall see!

I'll keep you all posted on this... I'm going to smell her in a little bit. they are all napping at the moment

 

[RAWR]

lol how did the bath go?

 

[sheeshshe]

the bath went well!! she wasn't so into me wiping her with the little soft towel... but she enjoyed sitting in the water though!!! she peeped a little when I washed her with the little towel but she didn't try to get away or anything...

 

[RAWR]

oh good :] lol hopefully the bath will help with the smell

 

[sheeshshe]

I hope so!! when I was drying her off I took a quick wiff and she smelled like a bird. so lets hope she is ok! got to do the post bath sniff though!

 

[RAWR]

haha the bird smell is good :] lol

lets hope the skunky chick will smell like roses..chick-a-rose! xD lol
idk...dont ask

 

[sheeshshe]

OK, I got her out and gave her a wiff... she mostly smells ok, but near her face it still smells...

A: couldnt really wash her face..... could be that?
B: she has sour crop?
C: something else funky going on?

its not her black toe though, the smell isn't coming from there.


prior to the bath I could smell her a foot away! now its just near her face... ideas??

 

[ChooksChick]

Could she have gotten a cecal poo smell from the brooder and just have the overall whiff of that?

It can be reeeeeaaallly stinky.

 

[sheeshshe]

clue me in... whats a cecal poo? LOL

whatever it is it smelled like raw rotting hamburger! NASTY!

 

[RAWR]

hmmm...i would try to wash her face and if that fails, it could be a sour crop. you might want to take her to the vet or something..but lets hope not :[ but i hope we dont have to go that far