- Aug 8, 2013
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Help me if you can, please. I have a sick chicken, 6-8 weeks at the most.
Her brother, same colouring, got picked up by a hawk or flying pred. Afterwards, the wife and I noticed she was kind of dragging her wing. Checked it, nothing broke, and no pain sounds from her, so figured it was a hurt muscle. Possibly pred picked off her brother, and then tried for her?
Yesterday she was acting a little, dim, I guess. Slow to react, (Named her screech because shes the siren for everyone), not really trying to run away. Still eating and drinking though.
Today I come home and shes laying kind of standing up, but leaned over on the front part of her breast. Breathing kind of heavy, and sort of seems like shes in and out of consciousness. She closes her eyes, and a min or two later open them, and kind of acts surprised.
I was able to feed her most of an egg from her mother and some soggy starter feed, and she drank water. Her gizzard felt empty, now its full.
Her eyes aren't swollen. Her skin, tongue, and pink part of her face is still bright, not pale. She is puffed up a bit though. She has dark legs and toes, so cant really see if their pale.
She feels normal temperature.
None of the other babies are sick, and are running around just fine.
Also, seems like the shanks of her feathers are shedding, but this may be normal being shes a baby.
Help, please?
Her brother, same colouring, got picked up by a hawk or flying pred. Afterwards, the wife and I noticed she was kind of dragging her wing. Checked it, nothing broke, and no pain sounds from her, so figured it was a hurt muscle. Possibly pred picked off her brother, and then tried for her?
Yesterday she was acting a little, dim, I guess. Slow to react, (Named her screech because shes the siren for everyone), not really trying to run away. Still eating and drinking though.
Today I come home and shes laying kind of standing up, but leaned over on the front part of her breast. Breathing kind of heavy, and sort of seems like shes in and out of consciousness. She closes her eyes, and a min or two later open them, and kind of acts surprised.
I was able to feed her most of an egg from her mother and some soggy starter feed, and she drank water. Her gizzard felt empty, now its full.
Her eyes aren't swollen. Her skin, tongue, and pink part of her face is still bright, not pale. She is puffed up a bit though. She has dark legs and toes, so cant really see if their pale.
She feels normal temperature.
None of the other babies are sick, and are running around just fine.
Also, seems like the shanks of her feathers are shedding, but this may be normal being shes a baby.
Help, please?