Very sick month old Black Copper Marans Chick - please help!

BlueMoon

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Oct 3, 2007
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And I think it's a hen too. She's having so much trouble breathing, gasping, mouth often open, often rattling sound. Whole body moves when she breathes. Her eyes look awful - strained, watery, a bit of residue. she's on my lap - just sneezed.
I've tried to give her polyvisol - i don't know what else to do for her other than isolation from the other chicks. She was fine yesterday.
any thoughts? this is breaking my heart
 
How old is the bird? I just posted on another thread instructions for using tylan injectible ...
it might also be brooder pnuemonia (aspergillosis >a fungus) She sounds very ill :aww
 
She's still alive this morning! Breathing is still strained, but she's a bit more energetic than last night - she was down right limp at times then.
She is about 5-6 weeks old. She was hen raised - none of the other seven chicks seem ill, but she got sick really fast - surprisingly only two days after Mama went back to the big birds.
Good news is that her droppings are normal.
 

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