🚨 we have a sick chicken 🚨 🐓

[katie_3487]

So kinda woke up to the worst news ever. One of our chickens looks sick. She’s about 10 weeks old. She didn’t come out this morning and was not eating or drinking. She also had really watery stool. Her head was sunken in. My mom picked her up and examined her, she didn’t have a goofball sized anything, and her crop felt “normal”. After my mom was done examining her, she came out, and ate….slowly but some. And she didn’t drink. I don’t know what to do, does anyone know what this is?? We’ve never, ever had a sick chicken so I have no idea what I’m doing.

 

[All4Eggz]

@Eggcessive @EggSighted4Life and @Wyorp Rock can help.

Separate her from the rest of the flock immediately and provide her with food and water.

Do you have photos of her stool?

 

[katie_3487]

I do not have pictures of her stool unfortunately.

 

[Quarterhorses1]

I do not have pictures of her stool unfortunately.

That’s ok. Just separate her from the others and give her food and water like @All4Eggz said. Does she appear to be lethargic?

 

[katie_3487]

That’s ok. Just separate her from the others and give her food and water like @All4Eggz said. Does she appear to be lethargic?

Yes. Very lethargic. She also goes over to the waterer and tries to drink but it’s almost like she physically can’t. Same thing with her food.

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Yes. Very lethargic. She also goes over to the waterer and tries to drink but it’s almost like she physically can’t. Same thing with her food.

Is she making sneezing noises? Maybe she’s chocking. Or has a blockage

 

[katie_3487]

No she is not. She peeps occasionally but definitely not as much as she normally does.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would dip her beak into water with electrolytes or with sugar. Gatorade works too. She might have coccidiosis, and that is treated with Corid in the water. Get it at a feedstore. Dosage is 10 ml (2 teaspoonsful) of the liquid Corid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder in each gallon of water for 5-7 days. You can also mix it in a small amount of feed to moisten it. Dehydration can also cause this, but Corid is very safe to use.

Symptoms of coccidiosis are sleepiness/lethargy, appearing hunched or puffed up, runny poops with mucus or sometimes blood, and not eating.

 

[katie_3487]

I would dip her beak into water with electrolytes or with sugar. Gatorade works too. She might have coccidiosis, and that is treated with Corid in the water. Get it at a feedstore. Dosage is 10 ml (2 teaspoonsful) of the liquid Corid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder in each gallon of water for 5-7 days. You can also mix it in a small amount of feed to moisten it.

We did get Corid and put it in her water. She then starting eating for the first time today. She’s definitely on the mend.