sick chick

I have a new little one and she hatched well, albeit 2 days late but so did the others. They stayed in the incubator until Monday evening about 38 hours after hatching maybe even 40. She was alert and walking around at this time but as the others, sleepy. They all seemed ready to go so I...

I recently discovered a single silkie bantam chick in my coop the other day. I brought her in and have had her under a heat lamp since. Day one she had the most energy I've seen since discovering her. She had been constantly chirping and wanted nothing but to be held by one of us. After the...

Does anyone know the cause of this? I just adopted this chick today and it had a swollen eyeball and what appears to be a 3rd eyelid shut. It is eating and drinking fine -- but not certain if this looks familar to anyone? I just applied triple ophthalmic ointment in case it's an infection...

Hatched on Monday, received on Tuesday. Had been in a seperate brooder now for 24 hrs with a friend. Won’t eat or drink on it own. But happily drinks till slurry if I hold the cap with it in front of her. Won’t peck ate anything to eat. Stumbles and walks backwards. Now all bloated under...

Our 16 week old Swedish Flower hen is sick again. She is started to fluff up and act tired, has had watery diarrhea with some spots of blood. No sign of crop issues yet. Still eating and drinking. Best picture I could get of poop: 2 months ago she stopped eating and drinking and developed a...

Hello, I’m raising some chicks and have been having some issues with this run. I have my ayam cemani and polish together as they grew way faster than the silkie chicks. I was treating them with corid and they seemed to do better so I then started to give them vitamin supplements immediately...

hello ! Quick question as its already too late probably. Baby chick assisted hatched. About 5 days old now. Had a swollen belly i thought might have been normal from the yolk sack. went a bit smaller but one half of her belly still swollen plus the dried belly 'cord' stump still attached. she...

Please help. My four 2-3 week old chicks are all sneezing, and the littlest one is severely congested with runny poop. I can hear her rasping and wheezing when she breathes, and it's gotten worse over the past three days. I worry she may not be able to breathe if this progresses. This illness...

I have a 3 day old chick that isn’t acting right.Yesterday he was just chirping a lot and wanting to be by the heat. Today he can’t walk and keeps falling over, one of his legs is up by his belly and a reddish color and swollen, very different from the other foot. Any idea what is wrong with him...

I have a 3 day old chick that isn’t acting right.Yesterday he was just chirping a lot and wanting to be by the heat. Today he can’t walk and keeps falling over, one of his legs is up by his belly and a reddish color, very different from the other foot. Any idea what is wrong with him and what to...

Hi there! I always get the best help from the byc community, so I wanted to ask for y’all’s help here. I have a batch of 9 chicks around 5-6 weeks of age and one in particular just started showing swollen earlobes. The weather here is really nice but the oak pollen came upon us suddenly so I’m...

Hello, I am very new to chicken keeping and orginally started out with an olive egger, Silkie, and BBS ameracuna (2/4). Well the silkie at 1.5 weeks old got sick, like crackling/rales, congestion and sneezing. I wasnt sure what to do so I contacted the breeder and she suggested I treat for...

We hatched 12 chicks. The last one that hatched is up moving around better than the one that hatch approximately 12 hrs before. This chick will walk a few steps then lay down and seems to wobble still. It is at least 24 hours old now (hatched overnight so not sure if the exact time.) It looks...

No it’s not pasty Butt! This chick has been constipated for 3 days it’s been dangerously long. The chick has a full crop, and I’ve watched it struggle to go and nothing will come out. After inspecting it i found it’s a rock hard piece of poo that’s stuck inside the vent, too big to push out...

I have a almost 2 week old silkie who has been gasping for air non stop since last night, it sounds like a broken sqeeky toy, I also heard a little rattle in its chest, I've started LA200 today, I put it in their waterer but had to use a syringe to get it to drink, I also gave it egg yolk by...

Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me. I've searched the forums and am still not sure what is going on with one of my 3 week old silkies. The chick is out in the coop with mama and siblings. I noticed yesterday that the chick was just standing there and not running around like the other 2...

Hey everyone. This is my first time hatching and I did a ton of research. I clearly did something wrong because not one of my 15 eggs even pipped until day 22. 3 were born on day 23 one on day 24 and one of day 25. The one on day 25 isnt doing well at all. She is still in the incubator and the...

One of the malnourished chicks I took in suddenly became ill. She has a lot of mucus in her mouth at times, which is clear, and it soaks her pillow when she sleeps. She sleeps a lot and can’t warm herself up so I’ve had her wrapped in a blanket. When I first brought her inside yesterday, she...

This 2 wk old chick is wobbly, heavy breathing, tires easily, loss of appetite, drinking less, and is sneezing. 2 weeks old. Noticed symptoms 24 hrs ago. Today, noticed other chicks sneezing but none displaying lethargy or loss of appetite. Any ideas on a diagnosis so I can move forward with...

You know, it seems some years the chickens just throw all the curveballs at you so you have to learn everything all over again. This would be one of those years. I now have a chick, probably just over a month old, who is no longer walking, standing, or using her legs properly. I watch the...