Chick is making clicking noises and weird behavior!! Help!!

[lovemychicks7]

Do you have a tractor supply center near you? You can get the antibiotic there, as well as the corrid...if it's a fungal infection, you need to treat for the fungus, garlic is NOT going to work...it MIGHT work as a preventative, but after getting an "infection", the proper medications need to be given. Your feed store also might carry the meds.

what are good meds to give them?

 

[Haunted55]

Duramycin-10 would be my first choice. 1/2 tbls. per gallon of water. treat all of your birds at the same time to make sure it isn't passed between them.

 

[lovemychicks7]

Duramycin-10 would be my first choice. 1/2 tbls. per gallon of water. treat all of your birds at the same time to make sure it isn't passed between them.

i can only get one medication and ive posted on other peoples threads and they told me cocci was the issue but im not sure..what is my best bet for the chick at this point? corid or duramycin?

 

[casportpony]

im now thinking its aspergillus and i read you can put garlic in the water and they will feel better

If it's that you need fluconazole or ketoconazole, which you'll have to buy online, but dosing a chick that small will be very difficult.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

i can only get one medication and ive posted on other peoples threads and they told me cocci was the issue but im not sure..what is my best bet for the chick at this point? corid or duramycin?

If it's a bacterial infection you'll want Duramycin, if it's coccidiosis you need Corid and if it's fungal you need fluconazole or ketoconazole.

-Kathy

 

[lovemychicks7]

If it's a bacterial infection you'll want Duramycin, if it's coccidiosis you need Corid and if it's fungal you need fluconazole or ketoconazole.

-Kathy

thank you so much kathy! what do you think the chick has based on the symptoms?

 

[casportpony]

thank you so much kathy! what do you think the chick has based on the symptoms?

Could be more tha one thing... Would ned to see poop picture and know her weight as well as the weight of another that's about the same size, that will give me an idea of how long she's been sick. You did mention that their bedding kept getiing wet. Did you see any mold in it? If so, it's very possible that she has brooder phemonia, aka Aspergillosis.

-Kathy

 

[lovemychicks7]

i didnt see mold and my sick chick is 5.4 ounces and another chick was 4.9 she hasnt lost any weight yet (she was the fatest of the three) and my mac isnt taking pictures for some reason but the poop is green/brown but solid with white, it looks normal except it is a tint of green

 

[Haunted55]

i didnt see mold and my sick chick is 5.4 ounces and another chick was 4.9 she hasnt lost any weight yet (she was the fatest of the three) and my mac isnt taking pictures for some reason but the poop is green/brown but solid with white, it looks normal except it is a tint of green

Chicken poop should have some green in it unless it is a bright, light green. The clicking sound makes me think it's some kind of respiratory issue. Without pictures to 'see' what is going on, I can't say if it's cocci or not. What are they getting for feed?

 

[Haunted55]

Hi , one of my chicks started making a clicking noise last night. She isnt making the noise today

(i gave her egg yolks) but she stands with her chest puffed out and isnt as active as she used to be. Her poop is watery sometimes and solid other times. She sneezes a lot. She is breathing faster than normal. When i got up to check on her this morning she was shaking.

She feels kind of light ( i dont know if its just me or if she really does feel lighter) She is about 2 1/2 weeks old and i havent ben using a special feed or anything. She is the only one with the symptoms. Her old bedding used to be sand but last night i changed it to the pads that are in car dealer ships to absorb oil(my dad is a mechanic) . I changed it because it was always getting wet and getting in the water. i seperated her from the other chicks once i heard the clicking noise she was making. i thought she had coccidiosis but im not sure. Does it sound like coccidiosis or something else... if it is coccidiosis i was going to get powder corid 20% at walmart (is this a good idea) also her water container isnt very big so i cant fit a galon in it..These arent my first chicks but i havent seen this before... she is a white plymouth rock and i have 2 other ones. they were shipped when they were 1 day old. please help me... i already lost a hen to a hawk and i cant loose another one

i was up all night last night til 3 doing researh

and im almost positive its coccidiosis.

thanks!

Look, as I just said, what I am seeing here is a respiratory infection or reation to some kind of allergen. Is the food okay? No clumps in it to make you think it may have mold? How about the smell? Does it have an off smell or does it smell okay? There are a lot of things that can cause these symptoms as Casportpony has said. Without more info, a good guess can't be made to help your chick. Is it possible for you to borrow a camera so you can get pictures? That would be the best thing you could do to help your chick.