Baby chick gasping/seizing up?!

[ChickenWhispererthe14th]

Please help! This chick has had several episodes like this. She gasps for air and convulses. Clearly in pain, and sometimes cheeps loudly. She is 4 days old. Lives in a brooder with plenty of ventilation, heat, and pine shavings. This has been happening for a couple days, maybe since she was hatched. I don’t know what’s going on or how to treat her.

 

[azygous]

It appears the chick is in great distress. It's showing signs of being close to death unless these episodes are bracketed by this chick behaving completely normally. In that case, it may be suffering from a temporary vitamin E deficiency which can cause neurological symptoms. It might be alleviated with vitamin E 400iu give once a day until symptoms abate.

If this chick is showing overall signs of weakness, keeping it alive is causing suffering and postponing the inevitable.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

I agree with azygous. Have you given her anything to drink?
Looks like she's choking...