3 week old Lavender cochin chick lethargic

[AnyaWinters]

I'm brand new to chickens, I bought 7 chicks from Tractor Supply Co 3 weeks ago. The other 6 seem to be fine but one of my Lavender cochins is a little smaller than the others and this morning she was laying down and stumbling when picked up and put back down. Since she was getting walked on and pecked, I removed her and have been keeping her with me on a heating pad.

I have been syringing water to her for about 3-4 hours.

She is still very sleepy, weak and doesn't want to walk. She has also started mouth breathing and making almost a gagging/gasping movement but will chirp and respond if moved.

I have noticed some kind of watery poops in their enclosure but don't know who they belonged to.

I researched and decided that most all her symptoms fit a coccidiosis infection and started giving her Corid water and am replacing the water for the other 6 with it as well.

My main question is in your experienced opinions am I doing this right? Might it be something else thats wrong? Is there more I can do? And when might I see improvement in my little Lavender if it is coccidiosis?

 

[Eggcessive]

That is good that you are treating with Corid, since that is what I would do. Use the maximum dosage of 2 tsp per gallon of water, or 1/2 tsp per quart for 5-7 days. You may also give her a drop of undiluted Corid once a day into her beak for a couple of days as a boost. Then decrease the dosage to 1/4 of that for another 5 days. Corid is safe for all of them. Let her visit with the others daily, so they won’t forget her, but watch for bullying. Mix a little wet mushy chick feed and egg and offer it to her. Let us know how she gets along.

 

[AnyaWinters]

That is good that you are treating with Corid, since that is what I would do. Use the maximum dosage of 2 tsp per gallon of water, or 1/2 tsp per quart for 5-7 days. You may also give her a drop of undiluted Corid once a day into her beak for a couple of days as a boost. Then decrease the dosage to 1/4 of that for another 5 days. Corid is safe for all of them. Let her visit with the others daily, so they won’t forget her, but watch for bullying. Mix a little wet mushy chick feed and egg and offer it to her. Let us know how she gets along.

Question: whole egg or just yoke?

I have gotten a tiny bit of soaked starter feed in her and she doesn't seem to be doing the gagging gasping quite as much. Basicly at the moment she falls asleep, we cuddle, she wakes up I give her more water and we repeat, with lots of me fending off my 2 yr old who want to pet the chickie.

 

[AnyaWinters]

I'm brand new to chickens, I bought 7 chicks from Tractor Supply Co 3 weeks ago. The other 6 seem to be fine but one of my Lavender cochins is a little smaller than the others and this morning she was laying down and stumbling when picked up and put back down. Since she was getting walked on and pecked, I removed her and have been keeping her with me on a heating pad.

I have been syringing water to her for about 3-4 hours.

She is still very sleepy, weak and doesn't want to walk. She has also started mouth breathing and making almost a gagging/gasping movement but will chirp and respond if moved.

I have noticed some kind of watery poops in their enclosure but don't know who they belonged to.

I researched and decided that most all her symptoms fit a coccidiosis infection and started giving her Corid water and am replacing the water for the other 6 with it as well.

My main question is in your experienced opinions am I doing this right? Might it be something else thats wrong? Is there more I can do? And when might I see improvement in my little Lavender if it is coccidiosis?

Update: she held on for 4 days without much improvement and passed about an hour ago. I'm really sad but even more worried because this morning my other Lavender cochin is acting slow and seems disinterested in eating. We are starting more intensive monitoring of her. I'm thinking she is having a hard time with our chicken nipple waterer and moving her back to a gravity feed to make sure she is getting more of the medicated water. Thank you for your advice and I will make another update on our 2nd little miss who doesn't look so good.

 

[Eggcessive]

I am very sorry for your loss. Good thinking to add a regular waterer for her. I have always used standard chicken waterers for raising chicks. I have seen a few feed store chicks struggle when they could not reach or know how to reach a nipple waterer. Most state vets can do a necropsy on one or two chicks to find a cause of death. California is one of the best and least expensive for that. The bodies must be kept cool and taken in or shipped to the lab. Here is a link:
https://cahfs.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/si...media/documents/CAHFS_BYF_Submission_Form.pdf

 

[AnyaWinters]

Unfortunately my other Lavender didn't make it through the night. She was drinking fine last night but was gone this morning. I feel like I'm failing these poor baby chickens.