Help With Weak Silkie Mix Chick?

[Lokibinian]

Hello, everybody! I currently have seventeen silkie chicks in the brooder, and one is very weak. I separated it with two others, and it's not eating nor drinking on its own since yesterday. I woke up this morning with a heavy heart, expecting it to have passed away, but it was fine, just weak. I dropper fed it a crumble mash/liquid and some water, and it's resting right now. Any thoughts on what this could be, and any suggestions on how to care for it is appreciated. Thanks, everybody!

 

[Pyxis]

Can you describe your brooder setup? How old is it? Have you checked for pasty butt?

 

[Lokibinian]

I separated it with two others. It's in a box, newspaper on the bottom, followed by shelf liner, followed by a thin layer of pine shavings. There's a red heat lamp. It's about three days old, and there's no pasty butt, but there is a small dot of blood? red stuff? something, on the butt.

 

[Pyxis]

I would suspect possible coccidiosis from the symptoms you are describing, especially the blood. I would pick up some Corid and start them all on it ASAP.

 

[Lokibinian]

I'm not sure about the blood, it looks like it's just ripped skin. It's not pooing either, which worries me. I fed it molasses from the dropper to try to get it to go. But yeah, I think it's ripped skin. Is Corid all natural?

 

[Pyxis]

Corid is a coccidiostat and it's not something you'd find in nature, no.

Have you tried giving some Poultry Nutri Drench? I would recommend it, it will help give the chick some energy and give it a boost.

It not pooping is concerning, does it look like it might have an impacted crop so that nothing is passing through?

 

[Lokibinian]

What does impacted crop look like? Sorry for the barrage of questions.

 

[Pyxis]

No problem! The crop would be full of food, so it would look like a bulge on the chest, and it would not empty out and go down as it normally does as the food passes further into the digestive system because it's stuck.

 

[Lokibinian]

How do you treat this condition? Thanks for your answers, by the way!