Hello, i've just hatched a small brood of chicken and i'm having some trouble with one of them, help me out please?
1) What type of bird , age and weight: mixed breed, 3 days old chick. It's about half the size of the others, but it was that way when it hatched. It's likely the mother is the one half-sebright hen in my flock and that accounts for the size.
2) What is the behavior, exactly: After trying to drink water, it keeps extending its neck and opening its beak, and looks like it's struggling to swallow.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms: about a day and a half, since it started to eat and drink a bit.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms: no.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma: after it hatched it had spraddle leg. Bound it and it can walk fine now, no signs of injury.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation: it had some trouble hatching, nothing else i know of.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. I'm giving them starter feed and in the morning i also boil a egg and mix it with some cottage cheese. It' s pecked at both, but not with much interest, and i'm not sure how much it's actually ingesting.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc: Normal, if infrequent.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Dribbled some water along its beak, kept it warm. Massaged its crop after it tried to drink, which seemed to help a bit. The crop was soft, definately had liquid in it and maybe a bit of food.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? If needed, i'm willing to try a vet, but I doupt anyone around here will be much help with a baby chicken.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use Indoors for now, pet pad on the floor of the cage.
Thank you in advance for the help!
1) What type of bird , age and weight: mixed breed, 3 days old chick. It's about half the size of the others, but it was that way when it hatched. It's likely the mother is the one half-sebright hen in my flock and that accounts for the size.
2) What is the behavior, exactly: After trying to drink water, it keeps extending its neck and opening its beak, and looks like it's struggling to swallow.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms: about a day and a half, since it started to eat and drink a bit.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms: no.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma: after it hatched it had spraddle leg. Bound it and it can walk fine now, no signs of injury.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation: it had some trouble hatching, nothing else i know of.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. I'm giving them starter feed and in the morning i also boil a egg and mix it with some cottage cheese. It' s pecked at both, but not with much interest, and i'm not sure how much it's actually ingesting.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc: Normal, if infrequent.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? Dribbled some water along its beak, kept it warm. Massaged its crop after it tried to drink, which seemed to help a bit. The crop was soft, definately had liquid in it and maybe a bit of food.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? If needed, i'm willing to try a vet, but I doupt anyone around here will be much help with a baby chicken.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use Indoors for now, pet pad on the floor of the cage.
Thank you in advance for the help!
