Help! Sick Chick!

[esthermgr]

One of my 2-day old chicks is acting strangely. The others are running around eating and scratching and napping. But one of the chicks is just standing there looking sick. He has his wings slightly outspread and he is sort of heaving. His vent is squeezing rapidly, with his little butt bobbing sort of up and down hard. He either just stands in one spot or sleeps. He does NOT have pasty butt. He was the last to hatch. What is wrong with my little fuzzybutt??? Help please! I noticed it this afternoon but now it is still going on/ worse. He is acting like he's hot, spreading feathers and panting, but all the others are perfectly comfortable. What's going on?

 

[chicks4kids]

What are you using for bedding? If it's cedar, get it out. Perhaps the little one just needs some extra nourishment...some vitamins/electrolytes.

 

[esthermgr]

It's pine shavings. I will go tomorrow (if he is still alive) and try to get some vitamins. He seems to be having some trouble getting water down when I dip his beak in. I wonder if he got a big piece of food stuck in his throat or crop or something.