TheOddOneOut
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Yesterday, I rescued four chicks from Wilco Farm Store. They all had cases of pasty butt, with varying severity. Three could still squeeze out some feces, but the fourth could not. She was the worst case. She acted ill as well.
I meticulously cleaned off her bum. She had a very slight prolapse (no picking occured, it was only really noticeable when her butt fluff was wet. She is able to poop, and has been for the last 12+ hours. I think it’s almost fixed, no tissue was showing.
She is a day-old Sapphire Gem.
Here’s there story. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...growth-thread-gender-guesses-welcome.1458087/
But over the last six hours, she has gone downhill. While she used to be lively and act like a normal chick (but a little weaker and sleepier) she now will do nothing but sleep. I worry she is not going to pull through.
I’ve been feeding her egg yolk, Nutri-drenched water, and chick feed. She eats and drinks properly.
She eagerly takes the egg yolk.
All she does now is stand, swaying and whispering peeps, directly under the heat lamp. She will rouse herself to eat and drink, but doesn’t interact with the other three chicks, and had her eyes closed most of the time. I’ve seen her poop multiple times, other than being watery, she’s pooping fine.
She’s just plummeted downhill.
Is there any magical cure? Sacred chants? Solid, foolproof advice? I’m willing to try anything.
I want this baby to survive.
Please, please help.
I meticulously cleaned off her bum. She had a very slight prolapse (no picking occured, it was only really noticeable when her butt fluff was wet. She is able to poop, and has been for the last 12+ hours. I think it’s almost fixed, no tissue was showing.
She is a day-old Sapphire Gem.
Here’s there story. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...growth-thread-gender-guesses-welcome.1458087/
But over the last six hours, she has gone downhill. While she used to be lively and act like a normal chick (but a little weaker and sleepier) she now will do nothing but sleep. I worry she is not going to pull through.
I’ve been feeding her egg yolk, Nutri-drenched water, and chick feed. She eats and drinks properly.
She eagerly takes the egg yolk.
All she does now is stand, swaying and whispering peeps, directly under the heat lamp. She will rouse herself to eat and drink, but doesn’t interact with the other three chicks, and had her eyes closed most of the time. I’ve seen her poop multiple times, other than being watery, she’s pooping fine.
She’s just plummeted downhill.
Is there any magical cure? Sacred chants? Solid, foolproof advice? I’m willing to try anything.
I want this baby to survive.
Please, please help.
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