4 week old chick sleeps a lot...is she sick?

[lucy12132]

Hi everyone. I have a 4 week old chick that seems to sleep a lot compared to her sister. Almost every time I go to check on them she is sleeping. I have seen her eat and drink a little and her poop looks normal. I've been weighing them almost every day to make sure they're growing and have been putting Cocciprol (amprolium) in their water for the last 4 days. When I take her and her sister out of the brooder for a little run around she's pretty active for a few minutes, running and flapping.

I might just be paranoid as I lost quite a few chicks before them suddenly without any obvious cause so I just want to make sure she's not sick?

 

[LizGio]

What are you feeding?
Still on heat?
Fresh water every day?
Give some scrambled eggs and electrolytes

 

[lucy12132]

What are you feeding?
Still on heat?
Fresh water every day?
Give some scrambled eggs and electrolytes

I'm feeding chick starter crumble 20% protein.
They have a heat lamp that she'll sleep around the edge of sometimes.
I change their water every day or a couple times a day.
I gave her some scrambled eggs and hse gobbled them up.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

How is she doing?

 

[lucy12132]

How is she doing?

She's doing well. It turned out she had an upper respiratory infection so I gave everyone antibiotics in their water for a few days. Now she seems much better

 

[Besebenomo]

She's doing well. It turned out she had an upper respiratory infection so I gave everyone antibiotics in their water for a few days. Now she seems much better

Hi my chick is behaving similarly, do you remember if her poop was a bit different? Was she sneezing and breathing a bit heavily?

 

[lucy12132]

Hi my chick is behaving similarly, do you remember if her poop was a bit different? Was she sneezing and breathing a bit heavily?

From memory, her poop was a bit runny and had a bit of a bubbly oily appearance. She didn't sneeze but when she slept her breathing was a little heavy and she would breathe with her beak open a little.