sick chick

Hi friends! I am a new chicken owner and I have gotten so much valuable info from this site already - so thank you! My chickens are 5 and a half weeks old and we just lost one last night. I'm not sure why and was hoping someone might have an idea. The chicken (barred rock) started to get...

Both these are sussex chicks. One died 2 days back and these two are sick too. Vaccinations done till now are:- New Castle Disease and infectious bronchitis. Still look at these two, one seems to be dying.... They are breathing heavily. AGE is almost 1.5 months. What should I do? Also...

Here is the link to the video. You can hear her exhale sounds sounds blocked or labored. She is acting, eating and drinking fine. She’s been doing this for a few days. Not constantly but pretty frequently. I notice it especially when she’s drinking. She is growing much slower than my other...

i have a almost three week old chick. She is SPUNKY and does not act sick in anyway. Has normal poop (maybe a little constipated?) But I can hear her breathe. Every little exhale sounds a little obstructed. I checked her nostrils and there’s nothing there. It’s very weird. I’ve noticed it for...

I have a straight run week old silkie with its vent swollen quite large. I haven't seen the little one use the restroom and I've been watching it. Its skin is black so I cant tell if its irritated because it cant redden. I checked on the chick around 12 this afternoon and it was fine till I came...

She doesn't seem to be able to walk ! She was fine at first when she hatched out . I call her Shelby because she reminds me of the struggle that Shelby faced in Steele Magnolias! She can drink a little , But I had to seperate her from the rest of the chicks because she isnt responding well with...

Hi everyone! I recently attempted to hatch chicks under a broody silkie hen for the first time. The first two silkie chicks came out healthy and strong, but the third one is weak and is unable to walk, eat, or drink properly. We have three broody silkie hens. The first two chicks were given to...

omg what's wrong with my chick!

hi everyone! I am brand new to the chicken-raising life. I purchased 15 chicks from a hatchery and received them yesterday morning. All of them seemed to be fine, and we’re eating and drinking normally. Today, I came out in the morning to check on them and one chick was not looking so hot. She...

One of my three week old chicks has started to shake (not constantly) and lose balance, she can’t always keep her head up and opens her mouth a lot. Not sure how much she’s ate or drank today. Will try to link a video as soon as possible. Anyone know what could be wrong with her? Update: she’s...

Hey everyone, I got a shipment today from Meter. The post office messed up and left them sitting in a warehouse for an extra day. When I got the box, it was clear that it had been mishandled. I opened it, and all the chicks looked extremely lethargic. One chick in particular had her eyes crusted...

I have an 11 day old chick, she's a mix breed chicken. In less than 12 hours she's lost half if not more of her body weight, she's extremely weak, hardly able to keep her eyes open. She had diarrhea but we were able to stop it, yet she's not improving at all. I've hand fed her with some...

Well this morning has been crazy in chicken terms:th I woke up to a presumed case of scaly leg mites with the big girls, and an issue with one of my new chicks. She’s three days old, and she’s limping pretty heavily. She’s still getting around, but she definitely can’t put weight on it. When she...

I just got four - 4 week old chicks last week. 2 - Cream Crested Legbars, 1 - Olive Egger and 1 Welbar. When I got the chicks home I did notice one chick (one of the CCL's) was smaller but thought maybe it was just younger. Now 1 week has gone by and it really doesn't seem like this chick is...

Ok, so I'm a BRAND NEW chick mama. Never before owned an animal that was not a dog, cat, or fish! Our first day in we lost one of our 10 Buff Orpington's. Tiny was about 1 week old and it was traumatizing for me. 6 hours after getting her home she just died...I think she was stressed from her...

I'm a first timer raising chicks. I bought 3 Rhode Island Reds from my local feed store 3 weeks ago. A few days after I bought the 3, I went back and got one more (different breed, it's black, IDK what it is) from the same feed store. About 4 days ago I noticed one of the Reds was acting...

I have four chicks that are sick, I have been treating them with Thyme and a little bit of vinegar and water also I heard vinegar is full of probiotics. They still look healthy, they're fighting off the sickness and I put them in a separate box so that they won't spread the sickness. I sure do...

Hello, I recently purchased 12 various bantam chicks from a local feedstore on Saturday. They gave me an additional one for free because they felt it was close to passing, and I agreed to give it a chance. So I came home with 13 chicks last night. Since I brought them home at 4pm, two of them...

I bought some Bantams from TSC last night. Right when I got home I noticed one of my silkie-looking Chicks was lethargic and would not drink or eat. I gave her sugar water and she drank a bit. But then she started to puke up this clear thick stuff and died. So I woke up this morning to find...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) This is about a cochin chick, about three or four weeks old. This chick is MUCH lighter and thinner than the other chicks it's age. It's a big difference. This chick looks less than 1/2 the...