I have five three week old female chicks. All have been super happy and healthy thus far. Up until the most recent batch of water I had been adding probiotics to help get their systems up and running well. I went to check on them just now and my largest lady, the one normally body slamming the others and getting first dibs on the food, is barely moving. She is either sitting or standing up straight with her wings held at her sides. She has her eyes closed for the most part but when I rouse her one will always shut first for a few seconds before the other one shuts. She is holding her beak gapped open a lot, and thick spit is bridging the top and bottom of the beak when she opens it. It looks mildly as if she has drooled, because the corners of her mouth are wet and around the beak. No pasty butt, I checked. And she doesn't seem to have the energy to run away from me like she normally would. She keeps walking toward an edge or corner so she can hide her face not to be bothered. I am very worried that there's something wrong with her, it's just very abnormal behavior. I can't see any wounds, no blood (she has yellow feathers) just a tiny bit of poo on some of her feathers.
Pleas and thank you for any help and advice!!!!! I don't want my baby to die!
The picture is not great but it's the best I could get.
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