LDSmama
Songster
I hope someone can help me! This is one of my week-old chicks. Pretty sure she's an Egyptian Fayoumi. She's been doing fine, but this morning was just laying there. Picked her up, and her head is floppy. Eyes are closed, and she seems to be sleeping, but occasionally opens her beak like she's chirping, but no sound comes out. I've been feeding all the chicks water with a little sugar & salt in it, and Chick Starter from IFA. This morning I tried feeding her the water via syringe, and she will take it, but she won't eat anything.
Also, two nights ago, we found one of the chicks dead. Pretty sure it was a Buckeye, and it had been doing just fine. All of a sudden, it was dead, spread-eagled on the floor of the brooder.
All the chicks are inside, with a heat lamp over half the brooder box. Ideas?