Help!! Dying Chicken!!!!

[luvmydux]

I have a naked neck chick that was fine an hour ago and now appears to be dying. He ate lots of food and that is all I can visibly see that may be wrong. Anybody? Anything?? I am holding a hairdryer to him and his head is just rolling around

 

[jjthink]

I'm so sorry to hear this.

Why are you holding a hair dryer to him?!?!??!?!?!??

Try to cradle him gently in a comfy towel so his head doesn't go all over the place.

How old is the little one?

Any other info that might help folks help you?

I know it's hard to type and tend to him at the same time....

JJ

 

[fried green eggs]

has it been drinking?

 

[luvmydux]

He seems cold and the heat lamp has new duckies....got him today from reptile show i dont want to expose my duckies to anything.....

 

[luvmydux]

Hard to say if hes been drinking - there has been water and I have seem them all drink at some point today. I have DMG i can try i guess....he seems to maybe be helpless does anyone know what might cause this all of a sudden? Can they eat themselves to death

 

[jjthink]

Needs the right amount of heat but I can't imagine a blow dryer trained on him would be good. How old do you think he is?

You got him today........oh dear..........

JJ

 

[Nicole01]

How old is the chick? Maybe it got too cold??? I don't know anything about naked necks. I would imagine they would need the heat lamp longer then a normal chick due to lack of neck feathers.

I hope your little one makes it. You would see the crop fill up if it over ate.

 

[luvmydux]

Crop's definately full.......

 

[Yay Chicks!]

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What was the chick eating?

 

[al6517]

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X2 ....................I think that there are some issues with this chicken that can only be answered from who and where it was recieved. I say this because NN's are the hardiest most desease resistance breeds I know. Anyway keep that hair drier away or it will go into further shock.