Chick can't eat

[Kelly's Chickens]

I have a 6 week old BO chick that can't eat. She's been fine until this morning. I noticed her just sitting on the ramp to the brooder. All the other chicks were out running around the yard. She was making a noise that made me think something was stuck in her throat. I turned her upside down and rubbed her crop to see if I could get anything to come out but nothing did. It did make her squawk though! I brought her some oatmeal to see if she could eat something soft and she tried to but couldn't get it passed the tip of her beak. I even put some in her mouth on her tongue but it wouldn't go down. She can't even drink water. What do I do???? She does walk around the yard now but only to follow the others. She isn't scratching or digging.

BTW, we've a lot of rain the last 3 evenings and the brooder is outside covered in plastic at night. They are next to my big coop with 1 yr old BO hens as I'm trying to get them used to the big coop so I can move them into it and move the brooder out of their yard. Could that have caused her to get ill?
Thanks

 

[Judy]

If nothing is stuck, the next thing that occurs to me is gapeworm. Moisten a Qtip and wipe it around in her mouth and throat. They are skinny red things, small but visible.

 

[Kelly's Chickens]

Thanks, I tried the q-tip swab. It came out clean so I'm assuming that means my chick doesn't have gapeworm. I got her to eat a bit of oatmeal around 11am but she threw it up as soon as she walked away from the bowl. I just tried to give her more and she ate for about a minute and a half then walked away. I didn't see her throw any of it up so maybe she's on the mend. I put a lot of pressed garlic in the oatmeal so maybe that is helping. She's still active so that's a good sign, right?