ATRoos314
Chirping
Today we found our chick, Becky, looking pretty sick.
She is a 3 week old Black Australorp. She looks like she is panting or having trouble breathing, keeps moving her head while opening her mouth repeatedly. Her chirp is not the same as the other chicks. She is lethargic. Just sits there. Doesn't seem interested in food or drink. Keeps her eyes closed. Doesn't seem to have any discharge from her nose or eyes. Has pooped just a little while ago. It was orangy brown, soft and wet, but not totally watery, with a foamy white cap. She is fed medicated chick starter and has gotten some chicken multivitamin mixed with her water before, but the past few days has just been plain water. A few days ago we gave them some plain lettuce as a treat. Not sure if she ate it or not because all the chicks went nuts for it and were running around like crazy. Her brooder is a large plastic tote. Her bedding is pine shavings. We have 9 more chicks in the brooder with her and 5 chicks in a brooder tote next to that one. No other chicks have any symptoms. (We did have a chick that twice had a leg issue, but that seems to be resolved and that chick is separate from this one) We have separated her and tried to dropper feed her vitamin water with a little olive oil in case it was a sour or impacted crop, but there is no swelling visible or felt that indicates her crop is impacted, so I'm not sure. This is our first time raising chickens. But she doesn't feel any different that the other healthy chicks, so I don't know. We would prefer to self-treat. Not really interested in bringing a $4 chick to the vet. Does this sound like a respiratory infection or crop issue? They are all supposed to be vaccinated for Mareks. And all get fed medicated food to prevent coccidiosis. We got them from Hoover Hatchery. Thanks for any help y'all have!
She is a 3 week old Black Australorp. She looks like she is panting or having trouble breathing, keeps moving her head while opening her mouth repeatedly. Her chirp is not the same as the other chicks. She is lethargic. Just sits there. Doesn't seem interested in food or drink. Keeps her eyes closed. Doesn't seem to have any discharge from her nose or eyes. Has pooped just a little while ago. It was orangy brown, soft and wet, but not totally watery, with a foamy white cap. She is fed medicated chick starter and has gotten some chicken multivitamin mixed with her water before, but the past few days has just been plain water. A few days ago we gave them some plain lettuce as a treat. Not sure if she ate it or not because all the chicks went nuts for it and were running around like crazy. Her brooder is a large plastic tote. Her bedding is pine shavings. We have 9 more chicks in the brooder with her and 5 chicks in a brooder tote next to that one. No other chicks have any symptoms. (We did have a chick that twice had a leg issue, but that seems to be resolved and that chick is separate from this one) We have separated her and tried to dropper feed her vitamin water with a little olive oil in case it was a sour or impacted crop, but there is no swelling visible or felt that indicates her crop is impacted, so I'm not sure. This is our first time raising chickens. But she doesn't feel any different that the other healthy chicks, so I don't know. We would prefer to self-treat. Not really interested in bringing a $4 chick to the vet. Does this sound like a respiratory infection or crop issue? They are all supposed to be vaccinated for Mareks. And all get fed medicated food to prevent coccidiosis. We got them from Hoover Hatchery. Thanks for any help y'all have!
