Chick Sneezing and Breathing Heavy

[Wyorp Rock]

I would start lowering the temperature. At 2 weeks, you can probably go down to 85F and see how they do.

Open mouth breathing a lot of times is just panting/too hot. It could be something else since she's sneezing a lot, but chicks can definitely overheat quickly.

 

[TonyaBee]

I would start lowering the temperature. At 2 weeks, you can probably go down to 85F and see how they do.

Open mouth breathing a lot of times is just panting/too hot. It could be something else since she's sneezing a lot, but chicks can definitely overheat quickly.

Thank you. I’ll raise the light up a bit more.

 

[Ms Clucky]

If that is wood chips in the bottom, then I would change it to a couple of layers of their feed instead. Mine ate the wood and got dust in their lungs at that age. I would put down a couple of layers of paper towels then their feed. Also the feed will teach them to eat it. After about 3 weeks, you could be able to change it back to wood. Hope this helps.

 

[TonyaBee]

She’s still alive and still sneezing. But seems healthy otherwise. They heavy breathing seems to have calmed down. Her nostrils seem to be a little larger than my other quicks so maybe she gets dust inside more easily?