- Mar 3, 2013
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Hello BYC!
New to the forum but am hoping to get some helpful information from fellow chicken lovers.
We just lost a 3-4 day old baby Americauna chick. She just seemed very lethargic, was breathing heavy, and head her head down and eyes closed. We checked the temperature and it was fine. Also, we have 3 other Americaunas that we got with her from our local farm store (Sparr Building Supply) and they are all doing fine.
So I did a little research online and saw some suggestions about sugar water. So we cleaned out an eye-dropper and mixed a very small amount of sugar with water. We then picked her up out of her pen and gave her some of it. She drank some but then after a few drops, she started moving funny and we think she had a stroke. Then she passed away in our hands.
Does any one have an idea of what may have happened? I am just so incredibly sad and feel as if it is all my fault.
I hope the little baby chick knows that even though she was only here a short time that she was very loved.
Thank you, everyone.
ChickenLady55
New to the forum but am hoping to get some helpful information from fellow chicken lovers.
We just lost a 3-4 day old baby Americauna chick. She just seemed very lethargic, was breathing heavy, and head her head down and eyes closed. We checked the temperature and it was fine. Also, we have 3 other Americaunas that we got with her from our local farm store (Sparr Building Supply) and they are all doing fine.
So I did a little research online and saw some suggestions about sugar water. So we cleaned out an eye-dropper and mixed a very small amount of sugar with water. We then picked her up out of her pen and gave her some of it. She drank some but then after a few drops, she started moving funny and we think she had a stroke. Then she passed away in our hands.
Does any one have an idea of what may have happened? I am just so incredibly sad and feel as if it is all my fault.
I hope the little baby chick knows that even though she was only here a short time that she was very loved.
Thank you, everyone.
ChickenLady55