LarkMeadows
In the Brooder
- Sep 28, 2020
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I have two batches of chicks hatched by two different hens in the same week. They are now four weeks old and have been doing great. Eating well, strong, happy and overall healthy.
However, yesterday I found a chick from one hen laying in the corner, cold, empty crop, breathing really hard and fast and gasping every once in a while. I put her on a heat pad and gave her probiotics and warm oat mash with molasses and apple cider vinegar as well as some VetRx to help her breathing. However nothing helped and unfortunately she only lasted a few hours.
This morning I went to check on everyone else and a chick from the other hen is by herself huddled under the heat lamp and it seems she's breathing harder than normal.
Any suggestions? I've given them all probiotics, apple cider vinegar, garlic and sugar water but I have no idea what could be causing this and what else to give. Also, while it has been cooler these past few days, the lowest it's gotten over night is 55 and all the chicks have heatlamps as well as their mom to huddle under.
However, yesterday I found a chick from one hen laying in the corner, cold, empty crop, breathing really hard and fast and gasping every once in a while. I put her on a heat pad and gave her probiotics and warm oat mash with molasses and apple cider vinegar as well as some VetRx to help her breathing. However nothing helped and unfortunately she only lasted a few hours.
This morning I went to check on everyone else and a chick from the other hen is by herself huddled under the heat lamp and it seems she's breathing harder than normal.
Any suggestions? I've given them all probiotics, apple cider vinegar, garlic and sugar water but I have no idea what could be causing this and what else to give. Also, while it has been cooler these past few days, the lowest it's gotten over night is 55 and all the chicks have heatlamps as well as their mom to huddle under.