sick baby chicks

[farmer Paul]

can somebody tell me what would make a baby chick get weak all of a sudden and can't walk

 

[iokra]

I have the same thing happened with a keet (guineea baby) she also has dropped wings. does anybody know what this could be?

 

[farmer Paul]

one has recovered but 2 more are sick

 

[Eggcessive]

If they are new chicks, they can be dehydrated or stressed from shipping. Electrolytes for chicks, or Pedialyte or Gatorade can be given and their beaks dipped into the water very often to treat them. If they are a few weeks old, acting lethargic and having diarrhea, they may have coccidiosis. Corid in the water is the treatment for that. More details and ages are needed.

 

[farmer Paul]

it's definitely not shipping and they are about a month old they have plenty of water not unless other chickens are keeping them from the water but that's funny because the male rooster came down with it