The crop to the best of my knowledge is more in the chest, not the throat. It looks to me like this poor little one has been beat on by the bigger chicks. Look, I'm taking a stab here but stop the ACV, he doesn't need it. What he needs is some vitamins with probiotics to help build him up again. If he won't drink by himself, you may need to put drop after drop on his beak until he will do so on his own. There are some BYCers who do tube feeding but I have never done it and really would hesitate with one this small even if I had. I don't think you need the olive oil either. Using a syringe to feed gives me pause, if you don't get it in the right place he could aspirate and get pnuemonia. There may be things going on here not seen yet, and I hesitate to say anymore than I have since I don't know all of the symptoms or what the others died from. Need to know what you are feeding and anything else, no matter how far off the wall it may seem. Something is wrong here but what I don't know.
Please help with diagnosis! Symptoms began ~18hrs ago. Lethargic, weak. I can't tell if his crop is impacted, or if it is just the angle of his neck that appears to be bulging out. This is actually my friend's chick and I'm his hospice caregiver today
He willfully drank ACV and sugar water/olive oil mixture via syringe last night. My friend had another chick from the same breeder that developed same symptoms a couple weeks ago and died. She also had a chick from a different breeder that developed wry neck and is still living. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks for your responses!
