A discouraging day....

[silkiechicken]

Don't worry about it wanting to eat and drink for the first 3 days since it is still using the stores of energy from the egg yolk. Good luck!

 

[peepsnbunnies]

TJ,
Don't give up on your little chick! The treatment they described WORKS more often than not. I have had two chicks that I have helped with the band-aid trick. One chick had the band-aid on for less than a day and the other one for about a day. Both are happy normal chickens, no more problems. Good Luck. Here is the website one of the very helpful people here on BYC posted for me when I needed it:

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