failure to thrive

  1. A

    Swollen vent, poopy bum, failing to thrive week old chick

    I have a one week old chick that is not doing well. She’s half the size of her brother. I haven’t been checking them because they have a mother hen. Last night I discovered a huge lump of poo on her bum. Cleaned it off with scissors and a warm soak. This morning the vent was dirty again. Cleaned...
  2. K

    Failure to Thrive?

    We have a baby chick (the one with purple) that’s not growing. We had two hens that hatched one egg each, one week apart. The first chick to hatch is with the hen and growing well. However the second chick was pecked at by the mother causing the chick to bleed severely and we weren’t sure if...
  3. M

    Failing to thrive baby chick

    We’ve ordered 15 baby chicks and a mystery one and they’re almost 3 weeks old. We had one immediately almost passed in the first 24 hours. We worked on keeping her warm and now she’s thriving like most of the others. My kids called her “Fighter”. A week later we had another one who struggled to...
  4. E

    2 week old baby chick is weak, but fighting to stay

    Hello, We got 12 rainbow layers from Meyer on 12 May, and all had been thriving. Yesterday, I noticed our littlest girl (who is actually quite little still) is very lethargic. She can stand and walk, but prefers to lie down, and does cheep normally still. She’s not cuddling with her siblings...
  5. Katrinasofia

    Failure to thrive

    I bought 3 silkies 3 weeks ago at age 3 days. They were all doing great until yesterday one started having trouble walking. Shes very unstable and falls down. Breeder told me it was failure to thrive. Shes growing well, eats and drinks but just can't stay upright for long. I'm giving her...
  6. Timbers Happy Hens

    Sick chicks right out of the egg, help!

    So I just hatched a batch of 22 chicks, 19 made it to hatch and then yesterday one of the chicks started acting weird in the brooder. It was in the incubator about 12 hours before I moved it to the brooder. After about an hour in the brooder I noticed it was weak and panting and also seemed to...
  7. L

    Failure to thrive?

    I noticed that one of four from our last batch of new chicks was laying down more than her mates in the outside brooder box (in a shed) Then realized she was much much smaller. I put the bigger 3 in the outside pen with the other bigger chicks. The chick seemed to be struggling to breathe or...
  8. B

    Google doesnt know! Chick with unusual behaviors

    I have a chick that I hatched with about 24 others that it's about 3 weeks old. Last Wednesday it began loudly complaining constantly. When it's siblings we're placed in an outdoor recreation pen they would run and flap their wings, but not this guy. He would sit and complain. On Thursday he...
  9. L

    Baby chick isn’t good at eating

    I’m back with my 5th question. These tiny fluffs have been a source of constant worry. I have one chick that is a lot smaller than the rest, and isn’t very good at eating. She will just stand and stare at the food and maybe peck at it once or twice, while the rest of the chicks are just...
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    • baby chick 0-1 week old and up failure to thrive not eating much raising baby chicks
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  10. Steveandlacie

    New to this... One chick is just not thriving!!!

    2nd time chick owner - my first brood went to my Mom's coop as I didn’t have one. I have 8 approx. 3-4 week old chicks I bought from a local farm store. I have them with proper heat (with a few times it was wait that too hot or cold when I was at work), thermometer, plenty of food water and...
  11. A

    Chick Won't Open Eye, Not Gaining Weight

    Hi all, My baby chick is almost 4 weeks old. A week ago, her right eye was shut tight and has not opened since (pic from this morning). She's the only one that ever had pasty butt and has always seemed a little slower, unsteady, but last week was really beginning to fight for her place in the...
  12. Rose Quartz

    Failure to thrive

    I have 2 chicks with issues. Chick 1 hatched between sunday and tuesday. It hasn't put on any weight, sleeps constantly, stumbles around with it's eyes shut. I don't have nutri-drench and won't be able to get any before the weekend I don't have a car through the week. I did give it sugar...
  13. MixedFlock23

    Failure to thrive in my new chicks. Please help.

    Please help. My two week old chicks are failing to thrive. I can feel their ribs and keel bones. They are up and eating normally. I had a fecal test that showed cocci and this is day three on corid. The 9 hatchery chicks arrrived 8/12. One arrived unable to stand without stumbling backwards. It...
  14. A

    newbie question - 4wk old chick death

    Hey yall! So this is my first batch of chicks I'm raising and we are 4 weeks in, now. SG Dorkings. About a week ago I noticed one of them wasn't growing as fast as the others. They all have chest feathers and tails coming in, and some even have little pants. This little guy still only had wing...
  15. L0rraine

    Failure to thrive? new strategy?

    I brought a new batch of chicks home from the feed store on Friday. By day two, one of the little Prairie Bluebell Eggers was showing little to no interest in life. I tried many of my usual strategies and was getting quite depressed. Especially given I couldn't even make any kind of progress...
  16. BearBottomBasinFarm

    MAKE IT STOP CHIRPING!!! Can't trouble shoot.

    Chirp, Chirp, CHIRP!!! Why won't it stop? I have checked threads & find no answer. It's vent is clear & not plugged yet I have not seen poop, Vent seems normal. It is not hot, it is not cold. It does not want to be held, it is not being bullied but IS pecking at others. It will not lay and sleep...
  17. eggup

    Baby chick, failure to thrive, help please!

    This is my first time with chickens. I received my 8 new chicks on Wednesday 9/5/18. One of my new chicks, the Salmon Faverolles, seems not to be thriving. All of the chicks have access to water w/ electrolytes/vitamins/probiotics as well as access to plain water, and medicated feed and are all...
  18. Katz103

    Failure to thrive in a 5 week old silkie

    Hi - I hatched 3 silkies almost 6 weeks ago. Two are doing great while the third, one that I had to help during hatch, has always been behind its siblings. Right now they're twice its size and are growing their adult "fluff" nicely, while this little one seems to struggle with feather growth...
  19. 5

    Buff Orpingtons and Production Red

    Less than a week ago I purchased 6 Buff Orpington chicks (Tractor Supply). Three chicks are growing very well and are developing personalities, 2 are growing okay and one is failing to thrive. I put a little dot on her head so I could keep an eye on her, that earned her the name 'Dottie'...
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    • baby chicks brooders buff orpington failure to thrive nutri-drench production red
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  20. CHICKEN BUFF

    What to do with a dwarf chick?

    These pics were taken at six weeks old. The little dwarf is a Tolbunt Polish Frizzle with a standard-size pedigree. The big one is a Silkie-cross chick of the same age that I put in with her for company My little chicklet is now 8 weeks old and the size of a starling! Yet she eats and drinks...
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