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12 Pita Pintas, 6 mottled red, and 6 mottled black

Brooder is ready to go, coop is set. Nervous and excited. This is our first go-around with fowl.

12 Pita Pintas, 6 mottled red, and 6 mottled black Brooder is ready to go, coop is set. Nervous and excited. This is our first go-around with fowl.

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[–] 0 pt

Attempted to pm you, can't tell if it sent or not. Crappy internet here where I live. At any rate, here is what I messaged you, in the event the pm didn't send, as I couldn't tell, lol:

Thank you for the offer of asking about raising chicks. Turns out, yes,I DO have questions! lol.

Got 15 chicks 11 days ago. 14 survived after the first night.

From these 14, one has failed to thrive, and I fear she may be gone by morning. She had/still has pasty butt. Their water gets a splash of raw ACV each time i change it. I remove the poop each day appropriately. She has not grown much, doesn't move much, and her down doesn't look like the others'.

I clean the brooder every 3 days, I clean the water and food 3-4 times/day. They are now spending hours outside during the day in the big girl coop. Ambient temperature where I live is over 90 degrees during the day, so warm enough.

I tried feeding her some raw egg today. She seemed to take in a little bit. I make sure she takes in water multiple times during the day.

Don't know if she has coccidiosis, or some other issue. So far, none of the other chicks seem to be affected.

Any thoughts/insights/experience are SUPER appreciated.

Thanks, friend.

[–] 1 pt

I didn't get a PM. Congrats on your shipment! My wife says if you have a chick with pasty butt you need to get rid of the butt feathers that are holding / trapping the poo. Or, the situation will happen over and over. The chick will yip taking out the feathers but do it like a band aid. Wife said that's how she learned how to do it. Let us know how it goes!