I have a 4 week old silkie chick that quite suddenly is not doing well. She broods with two others who are doing fine.
They have been fed medicated chick starter from the beginning, vaccinated for Mareks disease. Kept warm, and dry. They have been using a brooder plate, and she is spending most of her time under there. She is not actively eating, though will take egg yolk and nutradrench if I give it to her, which I have been doing, every 2 hours or so.
There is no sign of diarrhea. No runny eyes or nostrils, no cough. No sign of injuries or parasites.
What could the explanation be? She seemed fine yesterday, then today not.
I have not experienced this before with my own chicks at this age.
I have with hatchery chicks in the mail, who failed to recover from the trip.
I hatched this one myself from my own birds and she has been a normal lively chick until today.
They have been fed medicated chick starter from the beginning, vaccinated for Mareks disease. Kept warm, and dry. They have been using a brooder plate, and she is spending most of her time under there. She is not actively eating, though will take egg yolk and nutradrench if I give it to her, which I have been doing, every 2 hours or so.
There is no sign of diarrhea. No runny eyes or nostrils, no cough. No sign of injuries or parasites.
What could the explanation be? She seemed fine yesterday, then today not.
I have not experienced this before with my own chicks at this age.
I have with hatchery chicks in the mail, who failed to recover from the trip.
I hatched this one myself from my own birds and she has been a normal lively chick until today.