Encourage me PLEASE

[Blueberrysilkies]

Hello y'all. I need some encouragement from the wise ones of Backyard Chickens. I have a full house right now, several age groups of silkies running a muck.

In my basement I have 11, 1-2week old babies I bought from a breeder a week ago. After about 4 days, bloody poo so I did corid and that seems to be clearing up. Still scary cuz it was my first time ever dealing with that and I always thought I did throughly cleaning.

Today, a 1 week old silver partridge silkie looks to be gasping/choking. I googled and did everything I could to help including treat for gape worm. Choke, water/oil, rubbed throat etc
Still worried :-(

I'm my coop outside a first time mom has been hatching over the last 36 hours. 3 are up and running. The 4th has hatched this morning and dried but the egg seems to be dried to it. 2 more eggs are unhatched. I'm not sure if I should help the baby yet or give it more time. I can go visit and touch everyone but mom is getting restless so I've stopped bugging her. I added a pic of a newly hatched

I have been sick and not feeling well and I'm trying not to worry. I know Chickens are overcomers. But some one, HELP! Even if you just tell me to sit on my hands.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I'm so sorry! U definitely have your hands full! Your pic didn't come through.
I wish I could help...but I'm new at all this and have no idea. Surely someone that knows something will assist u soon!

 

[Blueberrysilkies]

Hello y'all. I need some encouragement from the wise ones of Backyard Chickens. I have a full house right now, several age groups of silkies running a muck.

In my basement I have 11, 1-2week old babies I bought from a breeder a week ago. After about 4 days, bloody poo so I did corid and that seems to be clearing up. Still scary cuz it was my first time ever dealing with that and I always thought I did throughly cleaning.

Today, a 1 week old silver partridge silkie looks to be gasping/choking. I googled and did everything I could to help including treat for gape worm. Choke, water/oil, rubbed throat etc
Still worried :-(

I'm my coop outside a first time mom has been hatching over the last 36 hours. 3 are up and running. The 4th has hatched this morning and dried but the egg seems to be dried to it. 2 more eggs are unhatched. I'm not sure if I should help the baby yet or give it more time. I can go visit and touch everyone but mom is getting restless so I've stopped bugging her. I added a pic of a newly hatched

I have been sick and not feeling well and I'm trying not to worry. I know Chickens are overcomers. But some one, HELP! Even if you just tell me to sit on my hands.

 

[Blueberrysilkies]

Update. Little baby is fully out of shell so that's great. But baby choking is the same :-( booooo

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Hang in there...surely it will be ok soon!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Awe!!! Too sweet!

 

[Smileybans]

With so many chicks together brooder pneumonia is a possibility. I had 15 chicks in my house at one point and they started sneezing and wheezing as well. Turns out one of their drinkers was leaking into the bedding and was getting the bedding moldy. I cleaned the whole room, gave them new dry bedding and fixed the drinker. After that their symptoms went away. I also added ACV to their water. It might have been moot to add it but I figure it doesn’t hurt. Try removing all the bedding from your brooder and looking for wet/moldy spots.
Here’s a link for more information. https://www.poultryworld.net/Health/health_tool/Aspergillosis/

 

[Blueberrysilkies]

All is great! We did lose the gasper :-( I think he ate a shaving. I keep all age groups separate. And I have a pretty sweet set up ;-)

Each brooder is actually a dome tent and a Brinsea heat plate. Each tent has bedding, food, water, a roost and a light on a timer so they know when bedtime is! Each tent also has a baby camera and I can talk to them thru it and keep an eye on them! So funny to see them scatter when they are fighting and I get after them!

One more egg hatched and it's a teeny tiny pint sized chick! Ended up with 5 of 6 eggs. And yes, I did bring them in. The pint size guy was way too tiny. I'm short! I get it!