Help!!! New at this!!!! My chk WILL NOT EAT!

[Nava]

she is in my living rm and I can't get her to eat anything! She has one eye swollen shut nd other eye puffy. Please help!!!

 

[jenjscott]

how old is she. Does she have any other symptoms. How long has she had symptoms. What are you feeding her. Just to start with tempt her with some chopped hard boiled egg.

 

[PeeperKeeper]

Sounds like an upper respiratory infection. How Old is this chick?

 

[Nava]

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She's between 18 to 20 weeks not laying yet. Tried boiled eggs and yogurt. Please help!


Have to force feed her her boiled eggs

 

[Nava]

I'm terrified of losing my chick

 

[Nava]

One eye is swollen shut other eye is puffy. She lives in the house. I fed her her regular feed and whole and cracked corn. Sometimes tomatoes, bread, cooked rice, corn on the cob (cooked) carrots etc.

 

[jenjscott]

ok, in your title line, edit it to add swollen eyes. If you can add a pic it will help. check out this thread and see if it is they same thing..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=219790

if so, read the suggestions there, there are several possibilities and several different treatments to try, You probably won't be able to get any medicine today, but be ready to go to the farm supply or the vererinarian to get your choice tomorrow.

 

[Nava]

Thank you sooooo much! I'll give that a try. Thanx!

 

[Nava]

I have tried the tylan before and it didn't help. Maybe I didn't do it long enough. I did for 2 days only. But since I wasn't sure of what it is I didn't want to continue. How do I do the ointment?

 

[Nava]

Her eyes are not as bad. It does ooze some stuff sometimes. Sometimes it's clear other times it's milky.