- Jul 9, 2009
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I received my baby chicks on Friday and all seem to be doing ok until last night. I discovered one walking around but breathing with his mouth open - not panting like chicks do when they are hot - it looked more like it was having trouble breathing. I noticed this chick drinking a lot of water the first couple of days - as I was watching them all and making sure they were all eating and drinking - but this chick always looked like he swallowed funny - he would tip his head way back, like they do, but he would bob his head up and down a few times; he just looked different than all the rest and a couple of times I saw him run around in circles....
My Mama had a chicken one time that did the "running around in circle" thing, and she named it Dizzy. I figured it was some neurological defect, but other than that it seemed okay. Anyway, that was what I thought, at first, about this chick - but now he is not wanting to drink at all, and I can tell he is getting weaker and weaker. He also feels lighter, than the other chicks, when I pick him up.
They are getting the vitamins and electrolytes and terramycin in their water. Do any of you have any ideas what may be going on with this chick? The thing that worries more than losing just this one is, if he has some kind of contagious disease that will spread to the others....
My Mama had a chicken one time that did the "running around in circle" thing, and she named it Dizzy. I figured it was some neurological defect, but other than that it seemed okay. Anyway, that was what I thought, at first, about this chick - but now he is not wanting to drink at all, and I can tell he is getting weaker and weaker. He also feels lighter, than the other chicks, when I pick him up.
They are getting the vitamins and electrolytes and terramycin in their water. Do any of you have any ideas what may be going on with this chick? The thing that worries more than losing just this one is, if he has some kind of contagious disease that will spread to the others....
