Help! Suddenly Not Looking Good

[NevadaJon]

One of my week old chicks is suddenly lethargic, wobbly-legged, and her wings are not as folded up as they were even yesterday. She was fine yesterday, one of the more active chicks, running and flapping. This morning, she is just standing under the brooder (98 degrees) wobbling, wings a little bit saggy. Looks like she periodically falls asleep standing there, stumbles, catches herself and just stands there. Like Isaid, she was perfectly fine yesterday and nothing odd or unexpected has happened. No closed vent, good heat....any ideas?

 

[50-45-1]

First thing i would do is get some electrolite/vitamin additve in her.
98 sounds a little warm for a week old. Is your brooder set up so there is cooler areas?
If you have quite a few chicks and she goes down she may be crushed by the others. Watch closely, as you may have to give her a divided section of the brooder for herself. Use some hardware cloth so she can still feel like part of the group.
Maybe a licture of your brooder will help.

 

[NevadaJon]

Sorry...93 was the temp. misread the thermometer. The brooder is almost 3 feet long. Pictures below...

 

[50-45-1]

You know, your picture of the yellow headed chick almost looks like i see past butt.
Brooder looks good.

 

[NevadaJon]

You know, your picture of the yellow headed chick almost looks like i see past butt.
Brooder looks good.

She is the one not feeling well. She had a little build up on her butt this morning, and I cleaned her up gently because I could see she was not feeling well. I dried her off before putting her back but she is a little ruffled. Her vent was not blocked, but she had some build up on her. Several of them have had it. We put a little vaseline on their bottoms.