VERY sick chick. Need help! weird symptoms!!!

[BeccaB00]

Its 100 degrees F on our porch, does he still need a light?

 

[BeccaB00]

chkn:

Sorry, forgot to reply to your question. but no I have not tried putting him with the mom because I think she would kill him.

 

[bantyshanty]

BeccaBOO,

I see your second picture... yup, looks like a swollen abdomen. Don't put him with Mama, if you haven't. It would be uncomfortable to have the pressure of her abdomen. 100 F is all right to keep him alive on your porch, but I would give him another source in his little nest, for his own peace of chick-mind. From my experience, the little chicks love the infrared, even when it is 100F, and they like red light. Could you put a table lamp near him with a bright bulb and a red cloth (bandana?) hanging between the lamp and the puffy chick?
That's if you don;t have a heat lamp. Or some Christmas lights that are red, hung near him, would help, too. Red light is a bit calming. It's like what they see inside the shell (?0 or beneath Mama's feathers (?)


Hope he's all right today

 

[BeccaB00]

well.....He passed this morning

I'm so sad. I was all happy because I thought I knew what he had, and how to fix it.
*sigh*

thanks for helping me out...

 

[bantyshanty]

Aww! So sorry you & he went through this!

! Hope the others stay well