Chick can't stand up, can't hold head up, can't really move....happened quickly, what could it be? H

[casportpony]

hmm i don't see noticeable blood, but it's possible.
It's a good idea to have Corid on hand when you have a flock. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M1UPA6G?keywords=chicken%20medicine&qid=1448478467&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

It's much cheaper and readily available at farmer's coop or wherever farm supplies are sold.

Check out
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

Also good/normal poo pics below.  Watery cecal poos are always extremely stinky too me.
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-sc
oop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html

Look very closely at the picture and you'll see lots of mucus, which is not normal.
http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/6/63/639576ef_20151125_123555.jpeg

Zero risk in treating with Corid, so that's what I would do for sure.

-Kathy

 

[bluema]

The poop site shows pics of cocci, worms and bacterial poos as well. If you've got one sick, more are coming.

 

[casportpony]

Coccidiosis and capillary worms

 

[MESOFRUFFEH]

forgot I have some safeguard horse wormer too.

Place around here that sells corid that is NOT in a 1 gallon jug ($90) is closed today and tomorrow, possibly friday. i called and no answer. I am in a mad rush to get my son ready, we are about to go on a 6 hour road trip to meet his dad, so I am not going to be able to do anything more than feed her and keep her hydrated for a few days unless i give her some of the sulfa and wormer. This past weekend I cleaned all the straw out of the chicken house, could I have possibly stirred something up that made her sick? I just dont understand how she could go from perfectly healthy, to unable to move in 12 hours.

I have been dealing with so much illness I thought we were done with all this... but I guess not.


How much max can I tube her and how often Kathy? At least to keep her alive until I get some corid.

 

[MESOFRUFFEH]

She's 270 grams and you're giving her 6ml? You should increase that a little each feeding, but don't exceed 10ml unless her crop feels really empty. How skinny is she?

-Kathy

Sorry I just now saw this, it got lost in the shuffle I guess. She is not all that skinny, has a lot of breast tissue.

 

[bluema]

Gosh my husband and I always say emergency always happen on Friday, in your case during a major holiday! So sorry.. I wish I could share my Corid, which I luckily haven't had to open yet. I always raised my chicks with unmedicated chick crumbles and gave them probiotics to improve natural immune response.
It seems Cocci tends to be a problem when you get the chicks off medicated feed and join the rest of the flock while vulnerable without beneficial gut flora. Unfortunately going from healthy to deadly sick next is frequent with Cocci.

 

[casportpony]

You could try tubing some Sulfa water to her. Sulfa's can be hard on the kidneys, so that's something to think about. No Corid powder at the stores? How about AmproMed? But hey, do what you can and try not to stress too much.

-Kathy

 

[MESOFRUFFEH]

Everyone has pretty well been on probiotics and electrolytes because there has been so much respiratory illness going thru my flock. Literally this chick went from healthy to unable to move during the day. I'm really starting to think she got injured. Before we left she had another poop that looked normal, normal color and not runny. We are almost home so hopefully she will still be hanging in there when we get home. I just can't get over the smell of that poop from earlier tho... It was so foul. Like a grown man poop, how so much smell came from something so small is slightly disturbing lol.

Do you think I should just worry about keeping her hydrated and alive and if she makes it to Monday I could get some Corid? Or maybe Friday,if that place is open. I just hope no one else gets ill like her. I wish I knew what was wrong.

 

[Eggcessive]

Everyone has pretty well been on probiotics and electrolytes because there has been so much respiratory illness going thru my flock. Literally this chick went from healthy to unable to move during the day. I'm really starting to think she got injured. Before we left she had another poop that looked normal, normal color and not runny. We are almost home so hopefully she will still be hanging in there when we get home. I just can't get over the smell of that poop from earlier tho... It was so foul. Like a grown man poop, how so much smell came from something so small is slightly disturbing lol.

Do you think I should just worry about keeping her hydrated and alive and if she makes it to Monday I could get some Corid? Or maybe Friday,if that place is open. I just hope no one else gets ill like her. I wish I knew what was wrong.

I would give her the sulfadimethoxine. It is for treatment of coccidiosis and other infections which respond to sulfa antibiotics. It can be harder on chickens than Corid, but if you follow the directions exactly, it is pretty safe, plus you already have it.

 

[MESOFRUFFEH]

this morning she is standing up it's a Thanksgiving miracle! Lol. I can't believe she is actually standing I was sure she was a gonner,it like none of her muscles were working yesterday, could barely hold eyes open.

Here's a fresh poop from this morning.