HELP! Baby Chick looks like gasping for air, not eating/drinking, and laying down.

Bureshchickenmama

In the Brooder
May 13, 2018
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We hatched our own chicks for the first time about 4 days ago. One of our chicks are clearly struggling. The rest are perky and active chicks!
Symptoms
Smaller than the rest
Looks like it is gasping for air/breathing hard
Stool is clear with some white
Won’t eat
Won’t drink
I have been giving it water and good with a dropper.
WHAT DO I DO!
Broader is at 90-95 degrees.
 
We hatched our own chicks for the first time about 4 days ago. One of our chicks are clearly struggling. The rest are perky and active chicks!
Symptoms
Smaller than the rest
Looks like it is gasping for air/breathing hard
Stool is clear with some white
Won’t eat
Won’t drink
I have been giving it water and good with a dropper.
WHAT DO I DO!
Broader is at 90-95 degrees.
Hi, welcome to BYC! :frow

Sorry you face this. :(

The chicks that won't eat or drink by day 4... are gonna fail in my experience. The gasping is it dying, system failure is imminent without nutrients. I would cull instead of letting it pass slowly... BUT this is NOT my first time. :fl
 

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