Hnowlin12
Chirping
- Jul 12, 2021
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We recently got our serama chicks last Thursday. We received 3 of them, all fine and well.
last night, after cleaning the brooder we noticed one of our chicks (the smallest one) was very sleepy, and lethargic. We assisted her to drinking water and she seemed to find the others to lay with. (They drink electrolyte water and eat medicated chick feed that we make sure are tiny pieces for them as they are so little)
At 3 am we woke up and noticed she was then laying on her side, gasping for air, we held her and inspected her, no pasty butt, nothing in her throat, but she seemed a little still and unable to open her eyes or lift her head. Shortly after she passed away, and drool (clear sticky goo like) came out of her mouth…
any ideas what this sounds like? The other two are still running around eating and seem unphased. Is there something I should do to help protect the other two so this doesn’t happen again?
picture of her so you can see how little she was (yes I know she was not for sure a she yet)
the chicks brooder is at 94.3 degrees, they eat Purina medicated chick feed, drink electrolyte water, and they get their brooder cleaned every other day. Their bedding was pine shavings and puppy pads for a few days, then moved to only puppy pads.
Thank you for any input.
last night, after cleaning the brooder we noticed one of our chicks (the smallest one) was very sleepy, and lethargic. We assisted her to drinking water and she seemed to find the others to lay with. (They drink electrolyte water and eat medicated chick feed that we make sure are tiny pieces for them as they are so little)
At 3 am we woke up and noticed she was then laying on her side, gasping for air, we held her and inspected her, no pasty butt, nothing in her throat, but she seemed a little still and unable to open her eyes or lift her head. Shortly after she passed away, and drool (clear sticky goo like) came out of her mouth…
any ideas what this sounds like? The other two are still running around eating and seem unphased. Is there something I should do to help protect the other two so this doesn’t happen again?
picture of her so you can see how little she was (yes I know she was not for sure a she yet)
the chicks brooder is at 94.3 degrees, they eat Purina medicated chick feed, drink electrolyte water, and they get their brooder cleaned every other day. Their bedding was pine shavings and puppy pads for a few days, then moved to only puppy pads.
Thank you for any input.