I am sorry but I have no idea what any of those things are or why it happened. I wish I was some kind of help though. I would doubt it will live long in a flock you know how chickens are anything different it will get picked on.I posted this in the emergencies section and haven't seen hide nor hair of a response yet. Not that it's any sort of an emergency, I'm just impatient with little else to do but sulk in my bad case of cabin fever. Just wondering if anyone has seen these maladies in a chick before and if they pan out to be debilitating or deadly.
The little guy (or gal) has a hole in the top of its beak (ignore the blood, another chick started pecking at it). It's hard to see in the photo. The chick seems to have some labored breathing, not panting, beak closed. I'm not sure if it's related to the hole or some underlying defect as a result or a disease even. A little lethargic but only insomuch as the others will move and leave it sleeping alone until it wakes and rejoins them. A little slow on the uptake. Eats, drinks, poos fine. Bright-eyed. In addition to this, it has its wings on backwards (or that's what it looks like at least). I read about angel wing in waterfowl but obviously this is a chicken and it was born with it. When it hatched, the wings looked twisted, I noticed. And now that it has feathered, it's even more pronounced.
Anybody seen or heard of anything like this and what the prognosis might be if left untreated or otherwise "dealt with"?
Kimmie
