something wrong with 1 month old chick, it is behaving like something stuck in it's throat! Need help

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The chick was all normal this morning. As it roamed about in garden, don't know what did it ate, sticks ? piece of wire mesh from fence ? bug ? fish bone ?

It is like weaker than normal (slower), sleepiness, but on and off stretching its throat like something stuck in it's throat.
It won't eat, while standing, it is like wanted to fall down but pull itself straight again..
When i fed it water , it drink and stretch the throat again as if stuck with fish bone ... (i got such feeling when stuck with fish bone when i was younger).

it just want to sleep...but can't stand straight..

The way the eyes, and constantly like falling , is like it will not survive to see tomorrow.
Anybody able to help ?



I have checked it crop, it feels kind of like empty.
The last time i saw it ate earthworm.. then no idea what else it was eating. *it has being eating long earth worm for days already, so should not be any problem*
I have not see any poo from it.
and there is not pastry vent , clean
 
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I just forced a small clump of cooked rice (in hope that it will in clog whatever stuck in it's throat) and drip water into it's mouth, it behaved as if it is dying out of breath: stretching it throat, no sound and head is like hanging down ... scared me.. a few second later, it behave back to like before fed with clump of rice.
 
Usually it poops quite a bit, but it have notice it didn't poop the whole trip i brought it back from garden. (usually it will poop during the trip to garden, which takes 30 mins or more).
 
@azygous, @Eggcessive?
Please don't try to force anything down its throat if it is already choking, I think you will only make matters worse. Have you looked down its throat and in its mouth to see if you can see an obstruction of any kind, or anything unusual? How old is the chick? What do you feed, including treats? What kind of bedding is in the run and coop? Have you felt the crop? What does it feel like? Hard, spongy, mushy, like a water balloon, or something else? Do not try to make it vomit. Hopefully one of the educators will come on soon to help you.
 
@azygous, @Eggcessive?
Please don't try to force anything down its throat if it is already choking, I think you will only make matters worse. Have you looked down its throat and in its mouth to see if you can see an obstruction of any kind, or anything unusual? How old is the chick? What do you feed, including treats? What kind of bedding is in the run and coop? Have you felt the crop? What does it feel like? Hard, spongy, mushy, like a water balloon, or something else? Do not try to make it vomit. Hopefully one of the educators will come on soon to help you.
How far should i look down the throat ? it is 1 month old. it is making "bii bii , bi bii' sound still..
 
@azygous, @Eggcessive?
Please don't try to force anything down its throat if it is already choking, I think you will only make matters worse. Have you looked down its throat and in its mouth to see if you can see an obstruction of any kind, or anything unusual? How old is the chick? What do you feed, including treats? What kind of bedding is in the run and coop? Have you felt the crop? What does it feel like? Hard, spongy, mushy, like a water balloon, or something else? Do not try to make it vomit. Hopefully one of the educators will come on soon to help you.
The crop is (before fed with rice) kind of like empty, can't feed there is anything solid in it. It is running in my vege garden.. i won't know what it ate.. it ate anything from worm to bugs.. just hopefully nothing sharp like broken old wire mesh from fence..
 

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