Chickiedeee
In the Brooder
- Apr 17, 2021
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Hey everyone,
please take a moment to comment if you have any advice. I’m new to chicks. I have several different breeds from rural king and two from a breeder. The one I’m currently having issues with is a pavlovskaya chick. I thought perhaps it was hot because it seems fluffier than my other chicks and it’s got hairy feet. It’s straight run. I tried cooling it down it complained. The chick is breathing heavy. When it chirps it shakes and Shrills a bit not a regular chirp. It breathes heavy even when it’s sleeping. I have given it water with hydrohen with a syringe to see that it actually drinks and I have seen it drinking. I have had 4 other chicks die in the past few days, 2 I brought home from rural king out of 4 from the same group that were on their final hours, (felt bad seeing them getting trampled) then suddenly the following day another out of the 4 passed away unexpectedly it seemed fine but the last one is huge (golden pullet) seems to be growing faster than them all. one of my polish that was on the smaller side Was struggling to thrive, had pasty butt and was also breathing heavy died after a long battle to survive. We fed it egg, and made sure it was hydrated and comfortable, sugar water, egg yolk but sadly it still passed away. Now I’m noticing the pavlovskaya chick is breathing heavy and lethargic and I’m thinking something is going on with the chicks. I’m not seeing blood in their poop tho it’s looking kinda runny in many of them. And I’m not sure if it’s respiratory and that’s why they are breathing heavy with their beaks open. They are all about 2-7 days old. I have the little ones in one brooder and the bigger ones in another. They have bed sheets for padding with wee wee pads over them and another sheet for comfort. They have water that I clean out at least twice a day and I clean their brooders out twice a day at least. They have fresh medicated chick feed. Nothing extra yet. They have red heat lamps over about half of each brooder to keep them warm but give them the option to move away. I have cleaned their bottoms and made sure none of them have pasty butt so at this point idk why they are getting sick and dying. I really want to avoid losing another chick. So terramycin? Corid? Or what? I’m thinking antibiotic because of the heavy breathing weird chirping might be wheezing. Or corrid cuz of runny poops? Or both? Or something else. Please help me and dosage as well.
please take a moment to comment if you have any advice. I’m new to chicks. I have several different breeds from rural king and two from a breeder. The one I’m currently having issues with is a pavlovskaya chick. I thought perhaps it was hot because it seems fluffier than my other chicks and it’s got hairy feet. It’s straight run. I tried cooling it down it complained. The chick is breathing heavy. When it chirps it shakes and Shrills a bit not a regular chirp. It breathes heavy even when it’s sleeping. I have given it water with hydrohen with a syringe to see that it actually drinks and I have seen it drinking. I have had 4 other chicks die in the past few days, 2 I brought home from rural king out of 4 from the same group that were on their final hours, (felt bad seeing them getting trampled) then suddenly the following day another out of the 4 passed away unexpectedly it seemed fine but the last one is huge (golden pullet) seems to be growing faster than them all. one of my polish that was on the smaller side Was struggling to thrive, had pasty butt and was also breathing heavy died after a long battle to survive. We fed it egg, and made sure it was hydrated and comfortable, sugar water, egg yolk but sadly it still passed away. Now I’m noticing the pavlovskaya chick is breathing heavy and lethargic and I’m thinking something is going on with the chicks. I’m not seeing blood in their poop tho it’s looking kinda runny in many of them. And I’m not sure if it’s respiratory and that’s why they are breathing heavy with their beaks open. They are all about 2-7 days old. I have the little ones in one brooder and the bigger ones in another. They have bed sheets for padding with wee wee pads over them and another sheet for comfort. They have water that I clean out at least twice a day and I clean their brooders out twice a day at least. They have fresh medicated chick feed. Nothing extra yet. They have red heat lamps over about half of each brooder to keep them warm but give them the option to move away. I have cleaned their bottoms and made sure none of them have pasty butt so at this point idk why they are getting sick and dying. I really want to avoid losing another chick. So terramycin? Corid? Or what? I’m thinking antibiotic because of the heavy breathing weird chirping might be wheezing. Or corrid cuz of runny poops? Or both? Or something else. Please help me and dosage as well.
something similar happened to me... same but not exactly but I got alot of help here , I'm not an expert but I can tag someone who helped me when I was stressing out. 
