Chick with obstructed crop!!

[Amsasa]

I would just continue with your heat lamp if that is what you have because a hot water bottle is not going to maintain a uniform temperature that the chick needs but make sure their water station is in the coolest part of the brooder. Can you post a photo of your brooder? solid sides tend to hold the heat whereas you really just want a small area of heat. You are trying to simulate a broody hen raising chicks where the chicks run about outside with the broody hen in all sorts of weather and just snuggle underneath her to warm up every now and then. If they are in a constantly warm environment were the water becomes warm, it does not encourage them to drink so they can become dehydrated and germs can breed faster in warm water, so it is actually healthier to have a cool brooder with just a small warm spot in it for them to go and recharge. Mesh sides on a brooder make this easier than solid sides.

I agree with the previous poster about Nutri Drench being very useful in such situations. I would not remove the chick from the other chicks unless it is being trampled but keep offering it fluids by dipping it's beak in a small container like a bottle top or carefully dripping fluids onto the side of it's beak with a dropper. It is too risky trying to squirt fluids directly into their mouth as it can easily go down their wind pipe.

My current brooder is a big sturdy cardboard box- it’s only temporary we usually keep them in a box until they’re 1-2 weeks old, then we move them to a bigger brooder with mesh walls and a heat lamp in the center. My current heat lamp is in one corner and the water in another, the water is room temperature and we change it daily. I’ve removed their feeder for now and I’ll check in the morning to see if it’s crop has gotten any smaller, I kept the water there. Ah also, should I keep the sugar water in the main supply of water so all the others get it too? Or should I give it just to the weak chick?-
Another thing I forgot to mention is that the chick has splayed legs, so we made for it a sort of splint like thing? Using a straw and rubber band I think it’s better than using tape. Thanks

 

[Amsasa]

I just took the feeder out of the brooder at night before I went to sleep. In the morning, I checked all of the chicks' crops.

I used a heading pad, too, and I think it helped because their circadian rhythms weren't affected. I think it helped them get those little cross empty because it got dark at night.

Search the forums for MHP (I don't remember what it stands for exactly... mother hen or heating pad???). That's what helped me dude to ditch the heating lamp for the heating pad.

I took the feeder out now, I’ll check back in the morning on their crops, I think I’ll definitely need to get a heating pad now, seems more convenient and saves space.