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Our rooster has been lethargic, Lost weight, and his comb is very pale. He also had a enlarged smooshy crop. I held him upside down to empty it out and fed him some olive oil. He pooped out a hard large pellet which contained tissue like pieces like a lash egg. Since then he has gotten more...

Hi I have a large flock aged 2months to 3 years. We have a huge property with woods, meadows, large compost, you nAme it. Due to feed costs and to encourage a healthy diet, I stopped free feeding and now feed them twice a day, but it's a mad house. Chicks act like they are starving, dive...

Not sure what's wrong with her/him. But it's my leading dude. Instrumental to last year's successful hatch and raising of 16 keets. Please tell me what might fix him/her. Diarrhea for a week or more as can be told by soiled tail feathers and bulbous squishy underside. He She acts otherwise...

Sadly, the chick died yesterday. I tried everything. I just find comfort that at least it is not suffering anymore.. For more info check my blog.

Underwhere -- what's going on with yours? Has she recuperated further?

Day 12 -- The silkie is still the same: not willing to move, drink or eat. I am exhausted and frustrated. She was on Trimethoprim Sulfa Liquid, 240mg/5ml and got 5ml twice a day for 4 days without improvement. She has now been switched to Baytril Liquid 22.7mg/ml and gets 5ml once a day for...

My silkie is still the same. She won't move or eat or drink. I have brought her to the vet and the blood test shows an infection. The fecal test came back saying it is NOT coccidia. She has been on 4 days of twice daily antibiotic with Sulfur which should have taken care of cocci and some...

Thanks everyone for all your help! Such a relief to get some feedback! The silkie is still the same. She's on Day two now on the cocci meds and is pooping -- but mostly clear liquid with a bunch of green and some mustard colored stuff. It is truly bizarre but I can place her anywhere and...

Just brought silkie chick to the Vet. He agreed she looked like nothing was wrong with her. Alert eyes, no swelling, nothing wrong with sinuses or lungs... I agreed to bloodwork and he gave me sulfur antibiotic stuff that treats cocci and other stuff to administer by syringe twice a day --...

Here's updated pictures on Day 6 -- she's still the same. She did finally poop yesterday -- no bloody stool or diarrhea really, so I don't want to treat a whole flock for Cocci if I don't have to. Any other ideas? If left to her own devices she just sits there. She swallows some (leftover...

How much do I dilute it? How do I administer it to the chick and how much of it? She's not drinking by herself, even if I dip her beak in.

I went to TSC but they only had Chorid 20mg for bovines. That didn't sound right. She is preening herself, but won't eat or move still. so strange. I put her under a heat lamp for now.

Thanks for your help! I'll try that. She has however not pooped at all for today and yesterday. Wierd.

Day Five and still no voluntary movement or eating or drinking. She fights being fed anything but will swallow tiny amounts of the gatorade/antibiotic if dropped on her beak. When she swallows sometimes her stomach gurgles -- like it's empty/churning. I brought her out to the others and she...

She looks fine. No injury I can tell. No sour smell, or crop bulge. Her eyes are alert, and when I fed her the eggs she fought hard against it. I did also offer her mashed up feed, lettuce pieces, tomato pieces, yogurt, cheese and oatmeal. So far nothing gets her to eat. Water, warm gatorade...