sick chick

  1. Mariakoltsa

    Lincospectin 100 dosage? Omphalitis

    hello ! Quick question as its already too late probably. Baby chick assisted hatched. About 5 days old now. Had a swollen belly i thought might have been normal from the yolk sack. went a bit smaller but one half of her belly still swollen plus the dried belly 'cord' stump still attached. she...
  2. C

    Terramycin or Tylan for Chick Congestion

    Please help. My four 2-3 week old chicks are all sneezing, and the littlest one is severely congested with runny poop. I can hear her rasping and wheezing when she breathes, and it's gotten worse over the past three days. I worry she may not be able to breathe if this progresses. This illness...
  3. Quacking ducks

    Sick baby chick

    I have a 3 day old chick that isn’t acting right.Yesterday he was just chirping a lot and wanting to be by the heat. Today he can’t walk and keeps falling over, one of his legs is up by his belly and a reddish color and swollen, very different from the other foot. Any idea what is wrong with him...
  4. Quacking ducks

    What wrong with my chick?

    I have a 3 day old chick that isn’t acting right.Yesterday he was just chirping a lot and wanting to be by the heat. Today he can’t walk and keeps falling over, one of his legs is up by his belly and a reddish color, very different from the other foot. Any idea what is wrong with him and what to...
  5. Ashleys backyard farm

    Swollen earlobes on 5 week old chick

    Hi there! I always get the best help from the byc community, so I wanted to ask for y’all’s help here. I have a batch of 9 chicks around 5-6 weeks of age and one in particular just started showing swollen earlobes. The weather here is really nice but the oak pollen came upon us suddenly so I’m...
  6. R

    Sick 1.5 week old chicks

    Hello, I am very new to chicken keeping and orginally started out with an olive egger, Silkie, and BBS ameracuna (2/4). Well the silkie at 1.5 weeks old got sick, like crackling/rales, congestion and sneezing. I wasnt sure what to do so I contacted the breeder and she suggested I treat for...
  7. J

    Weak chick

    We hatched 12 chicks. The last one that hatched is up moving around better than the one that hatch approximately 12 hrs before. This chick will walk a few steps then lay down and seems to wobble still. It is at least 24 hours old now (hatched overnight so not sure if the exact time.) It looks...
  8. H

    CONSTIPATED CHICK EMERGENCY

    No it’s not pasty Butt! This chick has been constipated for 3 days it’s been dangerously long. The chick has a full crop, and I’ve watched it struggle to go and nothing will come out. After inspecting it i found it’s a rock hard piece of poo that’s stuck inside the vent, too big to push out...
  9. V

    Please help! baby chick gasping for air non stop

    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...
  10. C

    Silkie Chick Eye Infection?

    Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me. I've searched the forums and am still not sure what is going on with one of my 3 week old silkies. The chick is out in the coop with mama and siblings. I noticed yesterday that the chick was just standing there and not running around like the other 2...
  11. C

    Baby chick struggling

    Hey everyone. This is my first time hatching and I did a ton of research. I clearly did something wrong because not one of my 15 eggs even pipped until day 22. 3 were born on day 23 one on day 24 and one of day 25. The one on day 25 isnt doing well at all. She is still in the incubator and the...
  12. HoneydewTears

    Chick with Lots of Mucus Sleeping a lot Not Eating

    One of the malnourished chicks I took in suddenly became ill. She has a lot of mucus in her mouth at times, which is clear, and it soaks her pillow when she sleeps. She sleeps a lot and can’t warm herself up so I’ve had her wrapped in a blanket. When I first brought her inside yesterday, she...
  13. B

    Please help me diagnose sick chick! Video included

    This 2 wk old chick is wobbly, heavy breathing, tires easily, loss of appetite, drinking less, and is sneezing. 2 weeks old. Noticed symptoms 24 hrs ago. Today, noticed other chicks sneezing but none displaying lethargy or loss of appetite. Any ideas on a diagnosis so I can move forward with...
  14. H

    Chick no longer standing/walking, just flopping around

    You know, it seems some years the chickens just throw all the curveballs at you so you have to learn everything all over again. This would be one of those years. I now have a chick, probably just over a month old, who is no longer walking, standing, or using her legs properly. I watch the...
  15. V

    3 Week Swedish Roo Crisis

    I purchased July 5th 2022 (3 week old) Swedish Flower Rooster from Meyer Hatchery, I called today and reassured that this bird was vaccinated to rule out cocci, I am obsessively cleaning the cage (I don't naturally enjoy the smell, I am giving medicated starter feed officially today I don’t...
  16. M

    4 week old chick not eating- please help!

    Hi! I am a new chick momma. I have 17 - 4 week old chicks and they were all doing well till yesterday. One of my ancona chicks became lethargic and stopped eating. I separated her from the flock but I am not sure what to do to help her. I put scrambled eggs, meal worms, chick feed and water with...
  17. C

    Help! New chick spins in circles and won’t eat or drink.

    Hi everyone! In need of some help/opinions. Saved a little chick that wasn’t looking too great from TSC. She wouldn’t open one eye and seems to maybe be a little discharge. Seems lost and spins in circles. She won’t eat or drink in her own no matter how many times I show it to her. She will walk...
  18. H

    Sick Guinea Keet - HELP!

    We had a bunch of guinea keets hatch last week. One needed assistance as it wasn't in the proper position, but it came out looking normal. Yesterday we noticed it was seeming pretty weak and getting nocked around by the older keets, so we separated it with one other younger keet in a smaller...
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  19. NatureGirl74

    Lethargic chick with hard swollen abdomen

    I ordered 15 chicks that hatched on Monday and came yesterday. 14 of them are doing great. The Andalusian chick is a little lethargic. She's not eating much, but still drinking. She has a hard abdomen. None of the others do. I'm not sure what to do. She sleeps a lot just like any other newly...
  20. NinjaGamer2022

    Emergency - Baby chick with (Fermented feed?) stuck in nose and possibly infected

    Day before yesterday (possibly the day before that) I noticed my baby polish chick was acting weird (eyes half open), I feared it didn't have enough water so I filled the waterer with sugar water. Then later on I noticed one side of it's nose had stuff in it. I washed off what I could (I did not...
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