Baby chick emaciated and not eating—keeps jerking her neck and chirping in distress! Help!

[Island_trudy]

Hi everyone. I rescued four baby chicks, who I believe are 1.5 weeks old. Three are thriving, but one has splayed legs, which I believe has left her malnourished. She seemed fine at first, but she has gotten progressively worse. I tried to correct the splayed legs to no avail. I’ve separated her from her siblings (they were trampling and pecking her) and started feeding her through a syringe over the past few days (yogurt, egg yolk, blended medicated chick feed and meal worms, etc.) Before I began feeding her blended food through a syringe, she mostly ate cornmeal, chia seeds, buckwheat, and fruit (mango). However, she isn’t gaining any weight and sleeps for the majority of the day. Additionally, she does this weird movement whereby she jerks her neck back. She’s still pooping, so some of the food is being digested. I’ve attached a photo and video. She’s a fighter, and I’d like to help her if at all possible. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Jerking Movements

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

I'm sorry about the chick.

You can continue to try keeping her fed and get some vitamins into her that contain B1 and E.
Sadly at 1 1/2 weeks and progressively getting worse, it may be time to let her go.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-for-squeamish-people-slightly-graphic.74734/

 

[Island_trudy]

Thank you for the welcome.

She passed naturally.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you for the welcome.

She passed naturally.

I'm sorry about the little chick

 

[Young chicken mama]

I had a chick who had a similar issue, she died at about the same age as well, I wonder what could cause this?