Hi,
Yet again, I am on another rescue mission from last night. I noticed one of my 2 months of leg-horn crosses was laying on her side under the heat lamp and getting trampled by the younger chicks. She was completely listless. Luckily she was still alive and I decided to bring her inside and keep her in our bathroom. I slowly fed her some probiotic yogurt and water and she started to take it. Within 10 minutes she started to have a little more life in her. I placed a bowl of water and food in with her and she was eating and drinking.
She has faired well overnight and is walking about in a large rubber drinking trough
I noticed that her poo was a little runny, but no sign of blood (which I am still worried about as we have had a few die from cocci).
When she was drinking her water this morning, I noticed that as she put her head down, the water started to come back up, but not at all times. Is there a blockage in her throat? She is chirping away, quietly and does not seem to be gasping for air. Some of the other chicks in the barn are having some coughing/wheezing fits. Is this a cold that they might have caught?
This has not been a good chick year for us and have lost many, which is unusual. Last year we had 50 chicks and they all lived. This year we got 65 and now we are down to 50.
Yet again, I am on another rescue mission from last night. I noticed one of my 2 months of leg-horn crosses was laying on her side under the heat lamp and getting trampled by the younger chicks. She was completely listless. Luckily she was still alive and I decided to bring her inside and keep her in our bathroom. I slowly fed her some probiotic yogurt and water and she started to take it. Within 10 minutes she started to have a little more life in her. I placed a bowl of water and food in with her and she was eating and drinking.
She has faired well overnight and is walking about in a large rubber drinking trough
When she was drinking her water this morning, I noticed that as she put her head down, the water started to come back up, but not at all times. Is there a blockage in her throat? She is chirping away, quietly and does not seem to be gasping for air. Some of the other chicks in the barn are having some coughing/wheezing fits. Is this a cold that they might have caught?
This has not been a good chick year for us and have lost many, which is unusual. Last year we had 50 chicks and they all lived. This year we got 65 and now we are down to 50.