very weak baby chick

[roosters32]

i let my baby chicks outside sometimes and the gate is wide open and my baby chick was just staying there and barely moves anymore. her feathers are kinda open up i have given her some anti fungal medicine and food with calcium and protein what else can i do she is never this weak

 

[coach723]

Give her the oral dose, and also give her some of the medicated water orally several times a day, until she starts drinking on her own. You can try holding a dish of the mixture up to her beak, see if she will drink. If not you will have to give it via syringe (that's the best way) or with an eye dropper. Just don't squirt it with force into her beak. Open the beak and drop it gently and slowly into her beak and let her swallow it. Repeat until the entire oral dose is given, or if it's the mixture, as much as you can get her to take. She doesn't feel good, so she's not going to eat or drink. Once she starts feeling better, she will start doing it on her own.

 

[coach723]

You gave 0.1 ml water, or 0.1 ml of the liquid Corid? She should not get any plain water at all during treatment, only medicated water or the straight Corid.

 

[roosters32]

You gave 0.1 ml water, or 0.1 ml of the liquid Corid? She should not get any plain water at all during treatment, only medicated water or the straight Corid.

0.1 ml of corid and just medicated water

 

[roosters32]

i don't think she got cold because it's around 90 right now and the place where she was laying at was white so my mom assumed it was some fungal in her vent and i think she has been like this since last night or this morning. i just put her in my room with a towel

 

[roosters32]

i think it might be worms because a few days ago they found a bird and ate it but she seemed fine until now so idk and i check her towel and vent and there was no leakage or blockage

 

[roosters32]

the other ones are running around and chirping and i'm guessing my dog attacked the bird and the chicks found it hours later . she drinking water and doesn't care about the food so i might get some of her regular food

 

[roosters32]

she hasn't pooped at all so idk yet

 

[coach723]

The white around the vent, is it dried droppings? If you can get a picture of any droppings, and the vent, it would be helpful. How old is the chick? Lethargy and sitting fluffed up are often symptoms of coccidiosis, runny or mucousy, or sometimes bloody (not always) droppings are also symptoms. Usual treatment for coccidiosis is Corid (amprolium, there are other brands, depending on where you are in the world). I would start that right away, it won't hurt anything if it's something else, it's very safe. But coccidiosis can kill, I would treat to be safe. Are you in the US, or where in the world, in general are you?

 

[coach723]

It is contagious to the chickens. It won't make you sick. It's a protozoan type parasite that lives in the soil, it's everywhere, they pick it up scratching and pecking in the soil. Once they have been exposed to it, and recover, they will be resistant to it and should not get sick again unless their immune systems are weakened by something else. Warm, wet conditions can cause the numbers to increase, causing illness. Young birds that have not been exposed (brooder chicks often become ill when moved outside for the first time) are the most at risk. It's pretty common in chicks, especially brooder raised ones. It's spread through their droppings, so keeping poop cleaned up, keeping feeders and waterers clean and free of droppings helps. It can be carried from place to place on shoes, clothing, equipment, buckets, etc. The oocysts (the 'eggs' for lack of a better term) are microscopic in size. I would treat all of them that are kept together, they have all been exposed.
But the medication has to get in them to work, so do give the oral dose until she/they are feeling better and eating and drinking normally. Sometimes they perk up after a day or two, sometimes it takes longer. The sooner you start treatment, the better chance she/they will recover.