LunaMarieWolf
Songster
I honestly wished I would have taken pictures when this happened, but I was in a state of panic and having ti deal with a hysterical little sister.
I got 2 small bantams in my mail-delivered chicks from My Pet Chicken.
One of my Delawares died in transit (looked like it was a "mushy" chick) but they refunded me for it.
I got the chicks all settled in and one of the bantams was okay, but the other seemed to have legs that were splayed out a bit further than what I've seen in other chicks.
(Granted, I have never owned bantam chicks and since both bantams kinda had the semi-splayed legs, I thought it was a bantam thing).
I gave them water with a bit of Gatorade and ACV mixed it, as well as chick starter, heat lamp, cuddles, and away from our current flock.
Fast forward to a few hours later, my lil sis was putting up the chickens and checking on the baby chicks. Then she starts screaming for help.
I rush out and she has one of the bantams upside down (head pointed towards the ground) and the chick has this liquid comming from its mouth and nose.
I quickly take the chick and wipe away the liquid but more comes out. And it is opening and closing its mouth. It was breathing, but liquid was just comming out of its beak and nose.
My sister had turned over the chick because it had some poop matted by its butt and went to see if she could remove it. (The poop was almost like diarrhea)
Then the chick started gasping and such.
After the liquid stopped comming from its mouth, we set it with the rest of the chicks and its head just hit the floor, its butt in the air and still breathing. It seemed like it had no energy to hold its head up anymore.
Notes: my flock has been battling with a round of Fowl Pox and it was very humid today (a nasty heat wave after a downpour of rain from early today).
Also, I used cedar shavings to line the bottom of the brooder. I know cedar shaving are supposedly "bad" for the chickens due to the oils and aroma.
But my family has used the cedar shavings from the family saw mill for their flocks for a lonnngg time and nothing has ever bothered their chickens.
I got 2 small bantams in my mail-delivered chicks from My Pet Chicken.
One of my Delawares died in transit (looked like it was a "mushy" chick) but they refunded me for it.
I got the chicks all settled in and one of the bantams was okay, but the other seemed to have legs that were splayed out a bit further than what I've seen in other chicks.
(Granted, I have never owned bantam chicks and since both bantams kinda had the semi-splayed legs, I thought it was a bantam thing).
I gave them water with a bit of Gatorade and ACV mixed it, as well as chick starter, heat lamp, cuddles, and away from our current flock.
Fast forward to a few hours later, my lil sis was putting up the chickens and checking on the baby chicks. Then she starts screaming for help.
I rush out and she has one of the bantams upside down (head pointed towards the ground) and the chick has this liquid comming from its mouth and nose.
I quickly take the chick and wipe away the liquid but more comes out. And it is opening and closing its mouth. It was breathing, but liquid was just comming out of its beak and nose.
My sister had turned over the chick because it had some poop matted by its butt and went to see if she could remove it. (The poop was almost like diarrhea)
Then the chick started gasping and such.
After the liquid stopped comming from its mouth, we set it with the rest of the chicks and its head just hit the floor, its butt in the air and still breathing. It seemed like it had no energy to hold its head up anymore.
Notes: my flock has been battling with a round of Fowl Pox and it was very humid today (a nasty heat wave after a downpour of rain from early today).
Also, I used cedar shavings to line the bottom of the brooder. I know cedar shaving are supposedly "bad" for the chickens due to the oils and aroma.
But my family has used the cedar shavings from the family saw mill for their flocks for a lonnngg time and nothing has ever bothered their chickens.
