JK93
Chirping
- Sep 12, 2022
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My 2 week old show girl was super strong and seemed to be healthy and doing well but always cold and would run back under the heat plate after eating and drinking, it did not play and hangout in the brooder with the other silkie chick but I assumed the no down feathers made it cold and thought nothing of it. I went out for a few hours the other day checked on chicks all seemed fine and went to bed. Yesterday I go to clean out the brooder and my chick has its head between its legs dragging its face/head on the ground, screaming and walking backwards/tumbling all over. I feed dumor organic chick start 20% protein which I blend for them into a sand consistently which they all enjoy and eat. I'm brand new to chicks and actually picked this silkie and another one up from a local breeder to help with my stressed silkie from an online hatchery with neurological issues and she passed away last week so I am besides myself right now. This silkie like the one that passed away has an extremely vaulted skull. I'm not sure if smacking her head on the heat plate would do this? I have vitamin E and B complex, as well as nutri drench but should I get Poly-Vi-Sol instead? Should I be looking into how I can possibly get my hands on prednisone/how can I get it? This chick is in such bad shape so quickly it just screams ALL night and day its eyes are barely open but it fights me hard on taking vitamins and nutridrench. It just wants to put its head between it's legs and shake it's head, it won't eat and it's hard to get it to drink and it spits up some of the vitamins. Should I put a make-shift neckbrace on it? I do not want to lose another chick.