3 week old chick -lethargy, heavy breathing

@TwistedTayy, something to consider - I raised Silverudd's Blue for a few years and encountered a strange phenomenon where occasionally a chick would hatch, seemingly healthy, then die within a few days. It happened almost exclusively with blue chicks (and once with a splash). In researching it, I discovered threads posted by fellow SB raisers discussing susceptibility to E. Coli infection in the breed, and the possibility that it was a genetic predisposition. I know yours are older, but I still think it's worth putting out there.

After reading about this issue, I treated the last blue chick I hatched that began to seem "off" with some oral antibiotics...that chick survived and grew into a healthy adult. There's also a BYC thread that touches on the topic, see post #544 (but it goes back further). BTW, I ate the flock's eggs with regularity and without any ill effects.

Though I appreciated the beauty of the eggs and the birds, I ultimately decided to focus on other breeds, primarily because there seemed to be numerous issues with the breed, spanning temperament, health, egg color, and recessive feather colors (like white) that kept popping up. Fr. Silverudd didn't get to finish his deveopment of the breed, and, at least to me, it feels unfinished.
 
@TwistedTayy, something to consider - I raised Silverudd's Blue for a few years and encountered a strange phenomenon where occasionally a chick would hatch, seemingly healthy, then die within a few days. It happened almost exclusively with blue chicks (and once with a splash). In researching it, I discovered threads posted by fellow SB raisers discussing susceptibility to E. Coli infection in the breed, and the possibility that it was a genetic predisposition. I know yours are older, but I still think it's worth putting out there.

After reading about this issue, I treated the last blue chick I hatched that began to seem "off" with some oral antibiotics...that chick survived and grew into a healthy adult. There's also a BYC thread that touches on the topic, see post #544 (but it goes back further). BTW, I ate the flock's eggs with regularity and without any ill effects.

Though I appreciated the beauty of the eggs and the birds, I ultimately decided to focus on other breeds, primarily because there seemed to be numerous issues with the breed, spanning temperament, health, egg color, and recessive feather colors (like white) that kept popping up. Fr. Silverudd didn't get to finish his deveopment of the breed, and, at least to me, it feels unfinished.
That’s very interesting… first off, an update. There has been no change to the original chick. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. BUT another Isbar now has the same symptoms though not as bad. I got these breeds as part of green fires Sweden country of origin hatching egg set and I got two breeds I wanted (Svarthona and hedemora) and two I didn’t (Isbar and 55 flowery)… I didn’t want those because I want to add to my breeding project which is to produce a disease resistant breed through breeding with fayoumi. So if they recover I may rehome them anyways because they certainly do seem at least more susceptible).
 
New update: the chick (bandit) is still sick but slowly improving (I think). Still breathing heavily but less lethargic. Also before, its tail was constantly tucked like a quail but now it’s holding it upright more often than not. The other Isbar chick also seems improved but it didn’t get quite as sick as little bandit. They’re not out of the woods yet.

As far as coccidia treatment goes, if the chick is not better in one week do I still stop treatment? Or do I continue it?
 
Is there a way you can get a fecal float?

You can continue the Corid for another 5-7 at a reduced dose if you wish.
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NEW update: I’m confident the chick is cured. It did take a longer dose of corid. As it happened I had a chick slip a tendon so bandit and that chick went to a little hospital box together and I don’t know if that sped things up but it certainly didn’t hurt and the chick is recovered.
 
NEW update: I’m confident the chick is cured. It did take a longer dose of corid. As it happened I had a chick slip a tendon so bandit and that chick went to a little hospital box together and I don’t know if that sped things up but it certainly didn’t hurt and the chick is recovered.
That is great news! Excellent job on nursing her back to health!
 

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