HELP! Sick 6 week old chick!

[Eggcessive]

I just ordered some from my local tractor supply and will pick it up tonight should I give it with the probiotics and vitamins or just the medicine?

Vitamins should be stopped during Corid treatment since it works by mimicing thiamine or B1. Giving a dose right before treatment, and resuming after is fine.

 

[Eggcessive]

Get a dropper and give her a couple of drops of the undiluted Corid now and twice a day. Then mix the Corid into water, and give some a drop at a time into her beak throughout the day. Offer a small amount of feed with treated water mixed into it. It is possible that she may not make it, but I would treat the others as well just so you don’t lose others.

 

[RhodeIslandRed5]

Ah, you have a favorite chick to! So do I! She's the sweetest of my five and I hug her the most to pieces! She'll run to me when she sees me reach for the mealworm bag and she'll hop on my legs, shoulder and even my head.

 

[Jess1993]

Get a dropper and give her a couple of drops of the undiluted Corid now and twice a day. Then mix the Corid into water, and give some a drop at a time into her beak throughout the day. Offer a small amount of feed with treated water mixed into it. It is possible that she may not make it, but I would treat the others as well just so you don’t lose others.

She keeps shaking her head and nodding her head is that consistent with corid?

 

[Eggcessive]

Is she shaking her head like something is itching, or from mucus in her beak, as they can do with a respiratory infection? Or is she adjusting her crop as they may do with food stuck in the crop? Videos, posted to YouTube with a link posted here can help us to see what you are seeing. Coccidiosis may make them nod off and be very sleepy or lethargic.

 

[Jess1993]

Is she shaking her head like something is itching, or from mucus in her beak, as they can do with a respiratory infection? Or is she adjusting her crop as they may do with food stuck in the crop? Videos, posted to YouTube with a link posted here can help us to see what you are seeing. Coccidiosis may make them nod off and be very sleepy or lethargic.

I added the link of a video I took of her the chirping in the back ground isn’t her all the other chicks are upset that she is isn’t there

 

[Eggcessive]

Poor thing looks very weak, and appears to be gasping or swallowing mucus. How does her crop feel—full, firm, or puffy? Have you given vitamins or Corid water yet? She is wearing out, and may not live much longer. I would get some fluids and electrolytes into her right away. Then give the Corid drops, and then the Corid water.

 

[Jess1993]

Her crop feels puffy

 

[Jess1993]

Her crop feels puffy

I’m not off for another couple hours and I’ll be rushing to the store to get the corid this was so sudden she was walking and eating yesterday and now this, I keep giving her nutridrench and water with some sugar in it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Many times chicks with coccidiosis can have puffy slow to empty crops. The crop contents can come up into the back of the throat and cause them to keep trying to swallow. I hope your chick makes it, but it looks awfully weak.