One of my chicks chirp sounds different than others. Sick , plugged nare?

It is a mom/pop store and it's still the same building from 1940's.

I am using pine.

Update: last night was nearly terrible. Amber slept for what seemed forever. By the time I got the medicine, she could barely stand, looked as if she was gasping for air or trying to peep with no sound, and was completely unresponsive to any sounds I made. I went to bed prepared.

To my surprise, this morning Amber is walking around, peeping loud and clear again, running away when my hand is over the brooder, all the normal stuff. Still some stuffiness and sneezing here and there but definitely a huge difference!!

The guy at the feed store says I have it too cold. Once they turned 2 weeks, I turned it down from 90 to 85 but he says it might be too cold still (?). The weather started to get funky (started off in the 100's then dropped to 76 for a couple days) so I did have issues with consistency this passed week so maybe that had a lot to do with it (?) I don't know but I'm happy she's doing better.
Interesting. Tylan has been off the shelves for almost 2 years now LOL

Going by behavior is a good idea when it comes to warming chicks. Some chicks may need more heat for a while where others may be too hot.
If they are huddling all the time at the heat source, then they need more heat. If they are active, spread out, eating/drinking then the temp is good.

Glad she's doing better this morning.
 
Interesting. Tylan has been off the shelves for almost 2 years now LOL

Going by behavior is a good idea when it comes to warming chicks. Some chicks may need more heat for a while where others may be too hot.
If they are huddling all the time at the heat source, then they need more heat. If they are active, spread out, eating/drinking then the temp is good.

Glad she's doing better this morning.
Thank you for the help!
 

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