Lethargic chick down for the count...updated

[NanaKat]

Need advice on a 1 month old BRLW chick. 5 pm It is lethargic...was active this morning and at noon. Have it in the house now under a light. Because the crop didn't feel normal, used a syringe to give water (2 cc) and gave a mash mix of honey, yogurt and med chick feed with water to soften....about a tsp

6pm gave 2cc water with Tetracycline and a 1/2 tsp mash mix

Anything else I can do for now?


added info: No odor, was laid out flat in pen inside barn where a red heat light is directed on the baby pen.
breathing with mouth slightly open when on a towel in my lap. Cannot stand on it's own. Have massaged throat to see if anything is stuck.

 

[NanaKat]

Exchanged queries with an Okie thread connection: Have given the baby two drops of pennicillin injected with an insulin needle into the thigh. That's about 20 units from a 1 ml syringe.
Now the baby is resting and it will be touch and go thru the night.

Giving a shot to a month old chick is a hibbie-jibbie situation.

 

[nuchickontheblock]

hope your baby pulls through. sounds like you are doing what you can.