chick acting lethargic

[armdchicken]

One of my Iceland chicks is acting very lethargic. She was acting just fine the other day and found her this morning not moving and very weak. I gave her some sugar water and she kinda perked up, she is now still weak but is chirping. I already found a dead Iceland yesterday, bot sure what happened I found him dead in the morning. That Iceland was also acting fine the day prior to his death. What could be wrong? Is there anything I can do?

 

[armdchicken]

Anyone?

 

[GrandmaChickie]

The trick with the sugar water is to get them to eat something more substantial while they have the sugar-energy. Otherwise, they just come down, sometimes hard. I have crushed up some crumbles super-fine and mixed that with the sugar water, and feed it through an eye-dropper. However, that's just if they're having trouble maintaining energy--like after they are shipped or something. If they have been eating and are older, I would be worried that it is something more serious.

 

[armdchicken]

She is a little over a week old and we had her since she was 2 days old. She was eating and drinking fine before this morning.

 

[WI FarmChick]

How old is the chick?
Does it have any other systems? runny poop etc...?

Sorry We posted at the same time.....

 

[armdchicken]

She has not had any other symptoms. Her poop looks normal