Help! Weak chick, won’t eat/drink, clicking when breathing

[VeggieGoneEggie]

Welp, a quick trip to the feed store to get pine shavings, and lo and behold I find a sickly chick in the chick trough.... store owner let me take her home for free to see if I can nurse her to health.

Get her in a brooder now. I cleaned pasty butt off and stuck her under the heat panel, but she’s looking pretty rough. Keeps eyes closed, won’t drink when I dip her beak, won’t eat, won’t stay standing. There’s a soft clicking noise when she breathes.

Any idea what’s wrong with her? Is there any chance of saving her?

 

[Kiki]

Her best chance right now is going to be Nutri-Drench.
Do you have that on hand?

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

Her best chance right now is going to be Nutri-Drench.
Do you have that on hand?

No, but I’ll run back to the store and get some.

Is there a way to pry a chick’s beak open? She won’t consume anything. :-(

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

P.S. Here she is and what she sounds like when she’s breathing.

 

[VeggieGoneEggie]

Sigh. I cam back, and as I was trying to figure out the Nutri Drench instructions, she seized and died.

 

[Kiki]

I am so sorry.
Thanks for trying.