sick chick, need help diagnosing - quick!!

[coyoteugly]

We have a 3 week old chick that has become weak and lethargic over the past two days. this morning its legs look a bit dark and, for lack of a better description, shriveled. As I was attempting to get a pic of its legs to post, a clear liquid bubble dripped out of its beak. Stools are mostly clear liquid. I cannot find any illness descriptions that seem to fit. List of symptoms: Weak, holds wings out, sits in corner, stumbles, clear liquid stool, legs deteriorating . . . Help Please!

 

[nobodyherebutuschickens]

Oh no! So sorry! It sounds like he's losing a lot of liquid, is he drinking and eating? (Definitely make sure he gets some water! I found that a clean eye dropper filled with water dripped on the beak does the trick for those reluctant birds). Perhaps consider getting him some sort of electrolytes to keep him hydrated?

 

[stoopid]

If you pull up in it's skin, does it snap back, or kind of stick out in a lump? That is the way I check for being dehydrated. If it is pooping liquid, something is definately wrong, try to get fluids back into him so we can diagnose before it's too late.

 

[nobodyherebutuschickens]

Is the chick separated from the flock? You don't want the others to get sick if it's a virus or something.