2 day old chick falling backwards

Mrsheslar3

In the Brooder
Jul 30, 2020
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Florida
She keeps falling back unless she corners herself. She was a late hatch. I'm not sure what to do. I've given nutridrench and sperated her. Everytime I check on her just about, she's on her back, if not she's cornered herself.

The following are 2 videos of my chick, please help!!
 
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Poor thing :( I wish I had expert advice for you. I have seen that in one of my chicks. It was a slow mover after hatching and just seemed "not right" . I kept dipping my finger in water and food for him but yeah, I had to "prop" him sometimes. I Prayed for my little guy and since there were 21 chicks(a lot the same color) he sort of got lost and forgotten with the rest. He Recovered ☝
However, I've also had one "wobble" around which died. I've never had to cull any chicks. They either made it or didn't. Of course...im not very experienced like others on BYC.
Just wanted to give you a little encouragement 😊
I hope yours is running around Strong Soon
 
Sorry I'm also no expert and have no personal experience with such a case. I'm sorry your little one is struggeling. It is very good you gave Nutri-Dench. You could give electrolytes in water or sugarwater to give the little one a boost. Because it always falls on his back it could be importand to hand the water (holding a little bowl direct at his face and very carefully dip its beak in the water; or even put one single drop at the outside of the closed beak - be very careful so it doesn't suffocate on the water) and feed per hand. When did your little one hatch? They don't need to eat directly after hatch, but within a certain timespan. You could give raw eggyolk or scrambled egg in tiny pieces. In the second video it looks to me the baby is gasping for air and breathing heavily?
I'm very sorry. I hope an expert will chime in soon. Good luck for your sweet baby, sending prayers 🙏
 

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