Chick have a respiratory cold?

[RebelFord81]

I have a chick that seems to be struggling to breathe, she's stretching her neck and gasping a few times then shaking her head. There's almost a foamy slimy goo that sometimes comes out when she shakes it. At times she seems better and then sometimes she looks on the cusp of death.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have a chick that seems to be struggling to breathe, she's stretching her neck and gasping a few times then shaking her head. There's almost a foamy slimy goo that sometimes comes out when she shakes it. At times she seems better and then sometimes she looks on the cusp of death.

How old is she?
What's her crop like?

 

[RebelFord81]

How old is she?
What's her crop like?

About 5 weeks and her crop is empty every day. Her face is swollen tho

 

[RebelFord81]

Out of 3 chicks that hatched she's the only one that survived. Never again will I let my hens hatch eggs it's been traumatizing lol now I know why people incubate them

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you get some photos of her face and swelling?

Is it her eye that is swollen? Could she have been pecked or injured in the eye or about her face?

Hard to know what's happening without seeing things or being there, but general care for swelling of the eye would be to rinse/flush with saline, push out any pus or debris, then apply an eye ointment like Terramycin in to the eye. If you don't have Terramycin, you can use Original Neosporin.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry to hear about your only surviving chick having a respiratory infection. Did you hatch them from your own hens’ eggs or someone else’s hatching eggs? It sounds like possible mycoplasma (MG,) a chronic respiratory disease, but hard to know for sure without lab testing or a necropsy if you lose her. MG can pass through hatching eggs from the parents, or from a carrier bird. Have any other hens had symptoms like this? Mold in a coop or brooder can also cause a fungal disease called brooder pneumonia or aspergillosis.

 

[RebelFord81]

Kinda hard to capture the swelling on her face but I did get Vetrx and it seemed to help she's much perkier today and I've been mixing scrambled eggs with turmeric and oregano and garlic

 

[RebelFord81]

I also made her magic chick water with garlic and honey and acv

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad that she is perkier. You could try Tylosin in her water 1/4 tsp per gallon which is available from Jedds.com. Give it for 5 days. It treats MG symptoms.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad she's feeling a little better. If she doesn't get better soon, I would try the Tylosin as suggested.