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  1. Ashleys backyard farm

    Swollen earlobes on 5 week old chick

    Hi there! I always get the best help from the byc community, so I wanted to ask for y’all’s help here. I have a batch of 9 chicks around 5-6 weeks of age and one in particular just started showing swollen earlobes. The weather here is really nice but the oak pollen came upon us suddenly so I’m...
  2. R

    Sick 1.5 week old chicks

    Hello, I am very new to chicken keeping and orginally started out with an olive egger, Silkie, and BBS ameracuna (2/4). Well the silkie at 1.5 weeks old got sick, like crackling/rales, congestion and sneezing. I wasnt sure what to do so I contacted the breeder and she suggested I treat for...
  3. J

    Weak chick

    We hatched 12 chicks. The last one that hatched is up moving around better than the one that hatch approximately 12 hrs before. This chick will walk a few steps then lay down and seems to wobble still. It is at least 24 hours old now (hatched overnight so not sure if the exact time.) It looks...
  4. H

    CONSTIPATED CHICK EMERGENCY

    No it’s not pasty Butt! This chick has been constipated for 3 days it’s been dangerously long. The chick has a full crop, and I’ve watched it struggle to go and nothing will come out. After inspecting it i found it’s a rock hard piece of poo that’s stuck inside the vent, too big to push out...
  5. V

    Please help! baby chick gasping for air non stop

    I have a almost 2 week old silkie who has been gasping for air non stop since last night, it sounds like a broken sqeeky toy, I also heard a little rattle in its chest, I've started LA200 today, I put it in their waterer but had to use a syringe to get it to drink, I also gave it egg yolk by...
  6. C

    Silkie Chick Eye Infection?

    Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me. I've searched the forums and am still not sure what is going on with one of my 3 week old silkies. The chick is out in the coop with mama and siblings. I noticed yesterday that the chick was just standing there and not running around like the other 2...
  7. C

    Baby chick struggling

    Hey everyone. This is my first time hatching and I did a ton of research. I clearly did something wrong because not one of my 15 eggs even pipped until day 22. 3 were born on day 23 one on day 24 and one of day 25. The one on day 25 isnt doing well at all. She is still in the incubator and the...
  8. HoneydewTears

    Chick with Lots of Mucus Sleeping a lot Not Eating

    One of the malnourished chicks I took in suddenly became ill. She has a lot of mucus in her mouth at times, which is clear, and it soaks her pillow when she sleeps. She sleeps a lot and can’t warm herself up so I’ve had her wrapped in a blanket. When I first brought her inside yesterday, she...
  9. B

    Please help me diagnose sick chick! Video included

    This 2 wk old chick is wobbly, heavy breathing, tires easily, loss of appetite, drinking less, and is sneezing. 2 weeks old. Noticed symptoms 24 hrs ago. Today, noticed other chicks sneezing but none displaying lethargy or loss of appetite. Any ideas on a diagnosis so I can move forward with...
  10. H

    Chick no longer standing/walking, just flopping around

    You know, it seems some years the chickens just throw all the curveballs at you so you have to learn everything all over again. This would be one of those years. I now have a chick, probably just over a month old, who is no longer walking, standing, or using her legs properly. I watch the...
  11. V

    3 Week Swedish Roo Crisis

    I purchased July 5th 2022 (3 week old) Swedish Flower Rooster from Meyer Hatchery, I called today and reassured that this bird was vaccinated to rule out cocci, I am obsessively cleaning the cage (I don't naturally enjoy the smell, I am giving medicated starter feed officially today I don’t...
  12. M

    4 week old chick not eating- please help!

    Hi! I am a new chick momma. I have 17 - 4 week old chicks and they were all doing well till yesterday. One of my ancona chicks became lethargic and stopped eating. I separated her from the flock but I am not sure what to do to help her. I put scrambled eggs, meal worms, chick feed and water with...
  13. C

    Help! New chick spins in circles and won’t eat or drink.

    Hi everyone! In need of some help/opinions. Saved a little chick that wasn’t looking too great from TSC. She wouldn’t open one eye and seems to maybe be a little discharge. Seems lost and spins in circles. She won’t eat or drink in her own no matter how many times I show it to her. She will walk...
  14. H

    Sick Guinea Keet - HELP!

    We had a bunch of guinea keets hatch last week. One needed assistance as it wasn't in the proper position, but it came out looking normal. Yesterday we noticed it was seeming pretty weak and getting nocked around by the older keets, so we separated it with one other younger keet in a smaller...
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  15. NatureGirl74

    Lethargic chick with hard swollen abdomen

    I ordered 15 chicks that hatched on Monday and came yesterday. 14 of them are doing great. The Andalusian chick is a little lethargic. She's not eating much, but still drinking. She has a hard abdomen. None of the others do. I'm not sure what to do. She sleeps a lot just like any other newly...
  16. NinjaGamer2022

    Emergency - Baby chick with (Fermented feed?) stuck in nose and possibly infected

    Day before yesterday (possibly the day before that) I noticed my baby polish chick was acting weird (eyes half open), I feared it didn't have enough water so I filled the waterer with sugar water. Then later on I noticed one side of it's nose had stuff in it. I washed off what I could (I did not...
  17. J

    Small chick with disproportionately tiny, malformed wings…anyone else experience this?

    We picked up 6 Black Copper Maran chicks and 3 light Brahmas over the weekend. They are probably 5 days old now. One of the BCM is very small, which is becoming more apparent as the other chicks are already putting on size. Her wings are disproportionately small compared to her body size and...
  18. C

    Sulfadimethoxine And amprolium for coccidia

    Hello, I have a group of 6 and 8 week old seramas. Any 20 total. 1 of the oldest and 1 of the youngest are showing signs of cocci. They’ve been outside for 10 days. The two are fluffed up and isolating. Everyone else is fine. Here’s something I can’t find info on which is surprising: they have...
  19. T

    Weak duckling wobbling head

    I just got some ducklings in the mail from a breeder today. They were in the post office for a day bc I couldn't get there on time yesterday. They all seem fine, except for one that's acting weak and wobbling its head a lot. I'm worried that it might be sick or dying from the stress of shipping...
  20. G

    3 Newly Bought Chicks Sick with Overlapping Symptoms - Help?

    So Saturday May 8th I bought 4 chicks from a local farm that seemed to have their s*** together. On Sunday May 9th, one of them took sick. The farmer insisted that it was "sour crop" while giving me instructions for clearing an *impacted* crop and she told me it was because of the feed I fed...
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