jazzyndjay
Hatching
Hi all! I'm new here and I'm so glad I've joined because it has helped me out so much!
I've had my chicks about 2 weeks now and yesterday I went to Tractor Supply to get fencing and they had some chicks that I thought were so cute so I got 2 austrolorps and 2 barred rock. So that was last night around 5 that I got home with them. Well 1 of the austrolorps was not looking so great in the middle of the night but I wasn't really sure what to do with it. I turned the heat lamp on thinking maybe since it was new it needed more heat than it was getting from the rest of the chicks, but this morning it looked dead. It was all wet and laying on its back with its wings sprawled out and the other chicks were pecking at it. It was still alive, just barely. I picked it up with a towel and it was covered in poop. It didn't put its wings back in, and its breathing was very labored and shallow. I separated it from the others, which I now realize I should have quarantined the new ones right from the beginning. I'm not sure what might be wrong with it, but now the other austrolorp isn't looking so great. It doesn't look "sick," but just isn't moving around much at all.
If anyone has any recommendations on what I should do or might know what's wrong with the chick, please let me know.
Thank you in advance.
I've had my chicks about 2 weeks now and yesterday I went to Tractor Supply to get fencing and they had some chicks that I thought were so cute so I got 2 austrolorps and 2 barred rock. So that was last night around 5 that I got home with them. Well 1 of the austrolorps was not looking so great in the middle of the night but I wasn't really sure what to do with it. I turned the heat lamp on thinking maybe since it was new it needed more heat than it was getting from the rest of the chicks, but this morning it looked dead. It was all wet and laying on its back with its wings sprawled out and the other chicks were pecking at it. It was still alive, just barely. I picked it up with a towel and it was covered in poop. It didn't put its wings back in, and its breathing was very labored and shallow. I separated it from the others, which I now realize I should have quarantined the new ones right from the beginning. I'm not sure what might be wrong with it, but now the other austrolorp isn't looking so great. It doesn't look "sick," but just isn't moving around much at all.
If anyone has any recommendations on what I should do or might know what's wrong with the chick, please let me know.
Thank you in advance.
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