Posts Tagged ‘chicken illness’

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Sick Chick

Sometimes a chick arrives at your house and it’s just not healthy.  We had one of these in our first batch of meat birds.  I noticed the morning of the second day that it just wasn’t behaving quite right.  It didn’t hang out with the other chicks, it seemed tired, it’s eyes were droopy and [...]

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Poopy Butts

For about the first week of a chick’s life watch to be sure it isn’t suffering from “poopy butt.”  Recognizing the condition is easy:  the chick has poop stuck to its behind.  The poop can matt the down around the chick’s little butt hole and close it up.  When he can’t poop anymore he dies. [...]