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One month later and she is still with us. Maybe a week behind the others as far as development of tail and loss of fluff. She still breathes faster than everyone else, about 90 per minute but that's better than the 120 it was. I did take her to am avian vet. She said probably respiratory...

Hatched March 15. Started March 26. She's still going at it. I'm trying to get into the avian vet but this is the only vet within 1.5 hour drive that sees chickens. She's warm enough. She's with other chicks, next to my bed so I wake up many times a night to check on them. I make sure...

Thanks for advice and questions! I made another video, long enough to count respirations. And there is a chick the same age in it too and you can see how different the breathing is. Eyes look good or great, but for occassionally sleepily closing. Nothing from the nose. When I open her beak...

Maybe I'm not forcing the beak open far enough? The beak sure doesn't open as wide as the pics on the internet. I just assume I'm somehow not getting the angle right and just seeing down the tongue.

The chick is still going at it. Respiratory rate is the same as the first day, about 120. She still whistles with every exhale, eats, drinks and has normal poop. i don't think she can keep it up much longer. Any advice on how to get a good look at her tracheal opening? I can open her mouth...

Thanks for replying. I don't feel anything odd. No air bubbles it seems. The chick seems a little better, or at least not worse. But still breathing about twice as fast as the others her age. She does eat and drink. @casportpony do you have any advice? I've seen you give a lot of good...

This is a Marans or Marans mix chick (got a surprise box from a small breeder) hatched 12 days ago in an incubator probably. Today weighs 55 gms. I got the chicks 5 days ago, picked up at farm, not shipped. Of 22 chicks, 3 have died (two of those were with the lady I split the batch with)...