Huge gullet-what should I do for this chick?

[snomom2000]

This chick is 2 weeks old. The gullet is bigger than last night. It seems listless; while the other chicks are happily chirping and jumping around this one is sitting still quietly chirping and closing it's eyes. It can move quickly if I try to catch it.

We've had this happen in older chicks or to a lesser degree and it always resolved itself. This is pretty extreme though! What's going on and what do I do?

Thanks so much for any help!

Cheryl

 

[Island Chick]

Is the crop squishy like a water ballon or hard and compacted? I would withhold feed for about 6-12 hours and see if it gets smaller to make sure there isn't a blockage and that the crop is emptying. If it isn't emptying then look up impacted crops and see if that fits.