I was just going to ask about how to put my baby chicks out with the bigger girls, and lo and behold, you just asked the same question yesterday.
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Thank you so much. I am giving her drops of water. I'll try the sugar water
next. She doesn't seem to have anything in her crop. When I massaged her some water bubbled back up.
I haven't seen her eat in a while. I just gave her a dropper of water and I can hear a sort of tick, tck sound when she is breathing. Should I massage her and then see if she'll eat?
Thanks so much for the response.
My week old dominique chick is working hard at breathing. Her poop is a little sticky looking, and her wings are drooping at her side . She looks exhausted but I can't see anything else wrong with her, she is passive when I pick her up, doesn't try to run away and her eyes are open. There are...