Please help! baby chick gasping for air non stop

VanillagorillaGardens

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Jun 1, 2022
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I have a almost 2 week old silkie who has been gasping for air non stop since last night, it sounds like a broken sqeeky toy, I also heard a little rattle in its chest, I've started LA200 today, I put it in their waterer but had to use a syringe to get it to drink, I also gave it egg yolk by syringe because it hadn't eaten today, my brooder is a metal stock tank, it's plenty big, proper temperature and clean, so far only this 1 chick out of 6 is sick, is there anything else I can do for this chick? Should I separate it from the others?
 
Are you certain it's respiratory and not an impacted crop? Symptoms can be similar.

Look into the chick's throat to be sure there isn't an obstruction. Feel the crop or compare to a normal chick. Check the poop. An impacted crop or gizzard will cause tiny dry poop, like mouse turds. The cure is coconut oil give directly into the beak, up to a teaspoon.
 

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