Sick Chick

[-Clementine-]

I purchased a black jersey giant at the feed store yesterday, and she had little vigor when I brought her home. I thought she was just cold and tired, or having shipping stress from four days of shipping (instead of two or three days)but now I'm not to sure. She doesn't go eat or drink and has no meat on her bones. Instead of running aroud crazy like the other chicks, she just stays under the heating plate and doesn't move, and can't flip herself back over when she's upside-down. Her poop is a strange green color too, with a little white in it. It might be brooder cocci, but she also could have FTT. I put her on corid and she has water next to her, along with mash and a little bit of egg. I'm not too hopeful, but if anyone has advice, I'd appreciate it.

 

[azygous]

You need to syringe fluids into her or lose her. Warm sugar water should revive her unless she's sick. The greenish poop is not an encouraging sign that this is just shipping stress. Poultry Nutri-drench is also a very good thing to have on hand to treat a chick in distress as it by-passes the liver and goes right to work in the bloodstream.

Try the sugar water immediately. It should bring the chick back quickly if this is just stress.

 

[-Clementine-]

You need to syringe fluids into her or lose her. Warm sugar water should revive her unless she's sick. The greenish poop is not an encouraging sign that this is just shipping stress. Poultry Nutri-drench is also a very good thing to have on hand to treat a chick in distress as it by-passes the liver and goes right to work in the bloodstream.

Try the sugar water immediately. It should bring the chick back quickly if this is just stress.

Thank you for the response, but Jeremy unfortunately died yesterday, most likely of FTT