Quail chick keeps breathing heavily and weak, don't know if I'm doing this right!

[TrueArrow08]

So I recently hatched 8 adorable quail chicks, and they are all fine until I got back from an hour long shopping trip yesterday and one of them (the most lively and curious) seemed to be struggling to breath. She kept yawning and stretching her neck out, as well as shaking her head violently as if she was sneezing. I listening to her breathing but couldn't find any sort of gurgling or wet sounds. We kept keeping an eye on her but she just kept getting worse and it looked like she was suffocating. We gave her a little water and she refused to swallow. I dont think she's eaten anything since she hatched.
Anyway, yesterday she kept getting worse until she looked like she was dying (stretched out, limp, spasming, throwing her head back with mouth wide open). We gave her some more water, hung her upside down (see if we could get water out of her lungs if that was the problem) and she's still alive and doing much better today. I looked up what to give her today and made bone broth with a little honey today and I'm off to get some electrolites and probiotics in case we need to help her. She's still breathing and swallowing heavily and she's a lot smaller than her siblings but we're giving her liquid and she's swallowing.
Update: just as I wrote that she had another fit. She's recovered now and had gone back to breathing heavily but she isn't doing great.
Sorry about the long thread but I'm very worried for her. Don't want her to suffer anymore but can't let her die that easily.

 

[Nabiki]

How old is the chick?
What is the brooder setup?
What are you using for bedding?
What is the temperature at chick level on the warm side? The cool side?

Unfortunately, it is possible that there is simply something wrong with the chick. You might try some Nutri-Drench or some boiled, crushed egg yolk to tempt it into eating.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Make sure you have grit or sand available too, maybe she swallowed a piece of bedding, etc and it lodged in her crop, also possible birth defect. Be very careful giving water, don’t want to drown her!

 

[TrueArrow08]

Thank you so much, we tried out best to give her water with electrolites and probiotics but sadly she didn't make it. It started to look like her lungs were injured or malformed. She drank fine, we gave her the littlest drops at a time (about 15 times) but I dont think she could breathe very well. I'm just hoping she didnt eat something in the brooder...
To answer Nabiki's questions:
She was about 1.5 days at that time, we have large (soft) fir and pine shavings that were recommended by out local CHS store, heat lamp but a lot of room for them to control their body temps, about 98°f under the lamp, and around 84°f-80°f on the cool side.
I'll make sure to keep an eye on the rest for now, so far they're all strong and eating lots!

 

[Nabiki]

It sounds like failure to thrive. Sometimes it just happens. Something is wrong with the chick and it just doesn't make it.

You did your best.

 

[TrueArrow08]

It sounds like failure to thrive. Sometimes it just happens. Something is wrong with the chick and it just doesn't make it.

You did your best.

Yes, thank you.

 

[007Sean]

Thank you so much, we tried out best to give her water with electrolites and probiotics but sadly she didn't make it. It started to look like her lungs were injured or malformed. She drank fine, we gave her the littlest drops at a time (about 15 times) but I dont think she could breathe very well. I'm just hoping she didnt eat something in the brooder...
To answer Nabiki's questions:
She was about 1.5 days at that time, we have large (soft) fir and pine shavings that were recommended by out local CHS store, heat lamp but a lot of room for them to control their body temps, about 98°f under the lamp, and around 84°f-80°f on the cool side.
I'll make sure to keep an eye on the rest for now, so far they're all strong and eating lots!

It could have been brooder pneumonia aka, Aspergillosis. Can be infected during hatching and by inhalation of the fungus spores from contaminated litter or bedding, either in the incubator or the brooder.
Only thing that can be done is strict sanitation protocols. Most common way of the infection is by setting dirty eggs in the incubator or if an egg explodes in the incubator and dusty bedding, ie; shavings, and or overly dusty feed.