GlicksChicks
Songster
I have a 1 week old buckeye chick, it weighs 28 g. Compared to another buckeye the same age who is 34 g.
The chick is lethargic, laying with it's head on the ground and it's eyes closed.
The lethargy symptoms started showing up around 2 hours ago and have been going down hill quickly. It did get pasty butt yesterday but I dealt with that and it went back to normal. It had the pasty butt again this morning and I dealt with it again but this time it was weak.
All the other 17 chicks are perfectly healthy at the moment.
There are no visible signs of trauma anywhere. The only visible thing that isn't normal would be the pasty butt.
The only thing I can think of is the pasty butt trapping things in.
The bird was eating chick feed soaked in water this morning and drinking clean water with it's siblings like normal.
The poop is very runny and smells like it was in there a while.
I have given the chick vitamins and electrolytes and I have been keeping it warm and away from it's siblings so it can't be stepped on.
I am trying to help the chick myself.
The housing is a caged in area with a heat plate and 3 dishes of food so everyone can get food. The bedding is a towel that I change out every day so I can avoid the chicks accidentally eating bedding.
The chick is lethargic, laying with it's head on the ground and it's eyes closed.
The lethargy symptoms started showing up around 2 hours ago and have been going down hill quickly. It did get pasty butt yesterday but I dealt with that and it went back to normal. It had the pasty butt again this morning and I dealt with it again but this time it was weak.
All the other 17 chicks are perfectly healthy at the moment.
There are no visible signs of trauma anywhere. The only visible thing that isn't normal would be the pasty butt.
The only thing I can think of is the pasty butt trapping things in.
The bird was eating chick feed soaked in water this morning and drinking clean water with it's siblings like normal.
The poop is very runny and smells like it was in there a while.
I have given the chick vitamins and electrolytes and I have been keeping it warm and away from it's siblings so it can't be stepped on.
I am trying to help the chick myself.
The housing is a caged in area with a heat plate and 3 dishes of food so everyone can get food. The bedding is a towel that I change out every day so I can avoid the chicks accidentally eating bedding.