I am at a loss. This is the second Speckled Sussex chick (13 weeks) that is showing the same symptoms.
Lethargic, not eating (at least when I can see). She eats and drinks fine when I get her inside, then a day or two after I put her back outside she's right back to the same behavior.
There does not appear to be any bullying, but she won't fight into the feeding frenzy for breakfast. I have tried Corid, no response. I have tried ivermectin, no response that I can detect.
She is currently at 1.4 pounds, same weight as her sister when she died. Approximately where she should be if she was 8 weeks.
There is a possible connection with the heat, but not enough to say that's the problem. When the outside temps are over 80, she's even more lethargic the next morning, but I haven't been keeping track long enough to know if this is an actual connection. I think it's coincidence.
This morning she had tucked herself in a corner of the coop and didn't react when I picked her up.
She's alert and eating now, wanting to go back outside.
I have given her tuna, no interest. I have fed her separately outside and she eats a little then goes back to sleep. Mostly she picks up the food and drops it.
Poop looks normal, no sign of internal or external parasites, but her crop does not fill, probably because she's eating so little.
I offer a commercial feed and fermented grains, but mostly they free range.
Lethargic, not eating (at least when I can see). She eats and drinks fine when I get her inside, then a day or two after I put her back outside she's right back to the same behavior.
There does not appear to be any bullying, but she won't fight into the feeding frenzy for breakfast. I have tried Corid, no response. I have tried ivermectin, no response that I can detect.
She is currently at 1.4 pounds, same weight as her sister when she died. Approximately where she should be if she was 8 weeks.
There is a possible connection with the heat, but not enough to say that's the problem. When the outside temps are over 80, she's even more lethargic the next morning, but I haven't been keeping track long enough to know if this is an actual connection. I think it's coincidence.
This morning she had tucked herself in a corner of the coop and didn't react when I picked her up.
She's alert and eating now, wanting to go back outside.
I have given her tuna, no interest. I have fed her separately outside and she eats a little then goes back to sleep. Mostly she picks up the food and drops it.
Poop looks normal, no sign of internal or external parasites, but her crop does not fill, probably because she's eating so little.
I offer a commercial feed and fermented grains, but mostly they free range.
