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[staceyj]

@casportpony
@Eggcessive
@Texas Kiki
@WVduckchick

 

[Kiki]

First...I'd stop feeding her everything but a chick crumble feed.

Can you post pictures of her bulge and the poop?

 

[Eggcessive]

Is it possible that she has a hernia or infected umbilicus? I have never had a chick like this, but I think that you should not have been giving enemas. I would feed her a lot of water and some very watery feed, and a small bit of plain yogurt mixed together. Try putting a few drops of molasses or mineral oil in the feed. Chicks will eat sand, and may get an impaction. She does not need grit with eating chick feed until she is on grass or eating other foods later. So take away the sand, grit, stop enemas. Massage her crop some. See if her crop softens. See if she passes some droppings. Since she has been acting normal and eating, I don’t know if needs to much agressive care. Normally we massage crops, get losts of water in them, and perhaps give a little lubricant or molasses orally to get her digestive tract working. This is just what I would do.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!

I think it she were mine i would concentrate on getting lots of fluids into her, and I might also try some Corid in case the swelling is from coccidiosis, and no more enemas. Can you weigh her? If so try to get water in her at the rate of at least 10 ml per 100 grams of body weight daily.

 

[Fairview01]

Eating, drinking and acting normal showing no outward signs of distress is what I read. I wouldn't be giving enemas, wouldn't be force feeding, wouldn't be withholding food and wouldn't be creating stress for the chick through isolation. If the chick had a horizontally communicable disease it would be a good bet all the TSC chicks at that store were already infected. Bio-security practices are not one of TSC strong points.

I think watchful waiting would have been and probably still the best option.

 

[Helloworld]

I think she needs to be left alone if eating and drinking. Chick shipment sucks and TSC orders huge piles of chicks just waiting to smother each other. I would say umbilica problem and gentomycin injection would help. It may have been dropped.

Here is one problem I see. How long has she been getting grits and oatmeal? Lets hope cooked Because both will create crop impaction dry and even the wet will steal water if she ate a lot.

No enemas. No. I see overhandling creating a lot of stress on chick. Occasionally, yolk if large will take up to a week to completely absorb and looks kind of bulgy and sometimes off color.

I do not handle my chicks first week of life. Their bodies are trying to piece together physically and neurological and they need beaks to be dipped in water making sure they drink and electrolytes and probiotics. Heat at 95, clean floor and medicated starter. All of my chicks are fed mana pro game bird starter for one week because they need higher nutrients. After that medicated crumbles.

Sometimes, too much nursing can be a bad thing. They should be running around, eating, sleeping, and pooping.
No bright lights, noise etc. I feel she needs to be allowed to acclimate to new environment, new feed and no grit at that age. Grit is not needed until they eat corn/seeds. Again.. crop impaction culprit at 1 week. I really feel like your over-worried and she needs to be fed only crumbles because all your giving is too much for new digestive system. Animals can sometimes be treated like people but a lot of times it ends up with a dead chick. Give her time, if you want to help, make sure she at right temp and put some dry rice in a washcloth(I buy individual rice bags to hold rice and wrap cloth around) then place in microwave for about 30 seconds then place her on top. It will work to bring down swelling and use like a heating pad to breakdown hematomas and pasty butt. Too much lovin chicken mama but thats ok. Regroup and blame it on TSC and tell chick mommy gonna get that bad store! Shame on them! I feel so bad for shipped chicks. Usually hatch assisted with sharp object, damaging face or brain or Tossed like salad on the way there. Chicks have hearts too! Yall need naps. She will be ok for now.