Hi.
Swollen - as in hard to the touch?
I used cold coconut oil (it’s easier to administer) and you want to break it up with a fork until you get small (and I do mean small) little balls of the coconut oil. You want to try to feed a few balls of the coco oil to each chick and get the benefits...
As an update, she had impacted crop, the coconut oil and upward massage of her crop worked. She’s now 2wks+4days old and thriving. Fighting for space at the feeder and growing. She’s significantly smaller than the rest of her friends but doing fine. No bullying so that’s great. To get her the...
Really old post, I know but I'm going to give it a shot. I have a 8 day old chick who was sickly at 3 days. She's a White Crested Polish who is significantly smaller than my other chicks and not growing or thriving at all. that first night, I brought her back with a slurry of raw egg yolk, a few...