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24 hours later and he seems both perkier and more sluggish at the same time. He has no problem fighting me when I scoop him up, no problem eating, no problem kicking shavings into the water every time I leave the room after cleaning it out, but he’s still very much hunched up and doesn’t do much...

Coccidia? Looks like it to me.

Morning update: Things are pretty much the same. He may be slightly less active but he’s not really deteriorating. I don’t know what’s going on 😓

No ear infection. They’re perfectly clear. I just noticed I have another chick who is hunched up. She’s a lot more active than the roo but still hunched. I couldn’t tell for sure but the roo seemed to have a slight gurgle when he breathed. I only heard it once when checking his ears. He’s still...

I haven’t done that. I didn’t know that was a thing. I will check in a bit!

So we started treatment for coccidiosis. He has fairly normal behavior, eating and drinking, scratching around, but maybe not as much. But he keeps adjusting his crop. I watched him for a few minutes and it was every few seconds that he would do it. His crop feels completely empty. I’ve massaged...

Well, no one responded but I thought I’d update anyway in case someone else is experiencing the same thing. I brought him back inside and started him on probiotics and electrolytes. Starting coccidiosis treatment tomorrow after a run to the store. I looked at some of his droppings again and it...

I have a 6 week old Cochin that has been walking around hunched up. He’s not quite fully feathered and I had him outside when it was warm and brought him inside when it got cold. I noticed he was hunched 2 nights ago outside and assumed he was cold so I brought him in. But he was still hunched...