Weak chick? Help!

[Madd1son]

Hi all,

I have hatched some brahmas over the weekend. One hatched two days later than everyone else, it struggled for the first two hours in the incubator but once we put it on its feet it was fine. Yesterday, I introduced it to the others and it seemed fine and figured out how to drink and watched the others eat so I figured it grasped the idea. I checked on it today and it was cold, lying down, and looked weak. I realised it struggled to open its eyes and struggled to move so I figured it has an energy problem, I have given it warm water with sugar but it still is a bit funny. It also keeps randomly opening its throat and sometimes its mouth foams up almost. Please help!

 

[Madd1son]

Whenever it drinks, it seems to open its eyes which it’s struggled to do, but only for a minute.

 

[Aapomp831]

What is your brooder set up like? Does it have access to the heat / food - are the others getting in the way?

 

[Madd1son]

There’s a brooder in the corner and a nipple drinker on top of the brooder and a nipple drinker on the side. And then food in front of the brooder, sadly though it jumped out and died.