Baby chick not growing

[Pampered chicken girl]

Hi all, so here's the problem....
A few days ago my silkie eggs started hatching, all was well except for one, it was facing the wrong way in the egg/pipped the wrong end and didn't pip its air cell. Somehow the chick hatched without assistance but we noticed it had spraddle leg. We quickly put a hobble on and it is almost completely corrected. But now she's 3 days old...and looks as small as a newborn. All her brooder mates are bigger and I'm worried about her. She's still active, eating, drinking and seems happy but just tiny. She also had pasty butt this morning. What can I or should I do to help?

 

[Mary Poopins Love]

I can't help with this, sometimes they bounce back and become huge. @Mama Brahma

 

[Saveria]

You can give her some vitamin/electrolytes supplement that are formulated for chicks. If she is looking good, I wouldn't worry too much. Maybe she'll just be smaller than the rest, but she can still have a great life.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I felt I should add what she's eating...
She gets nutrena naturewise unmedicated crumbles and has nutra drench and electrolytes/prebiotics in her water. Tonight we are leaving the hobble off in case it's stressing her. Also her vent seems a little inflamed, I dabbed it lightly and got a tiny speck of blood

 

[Saveria]

Do you think her vent could be inflamed because you had to clean off the pasty butt? That just popped into my mind.

 

[casportpony]

Do you have a food scale that you can weigh it on? When I have one that's a little behind the others, I weigh it daily. As long as they are active, eating drinking, and gaining some weight, I don't worry.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Do you think her vent could be inflamed because you had to clean off the pasty butt? That just popped into my mind.

That's what I was thinking

Do you have a food scale that you can weigh it on? When I have one that's a little behind the others, I weigh it daily. As long as they are active, eating drinking, and gaining some weight, I don't worry.

I don't think I do

 

[Saveria]

I don't think I do

I bought a kitchen scale at a store that sells kitchen supplies for about $10. If you have a store near you you could pick one up.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I bought a kitchen scale at a store that sells kitchen supplies for about $10. If you have a store near you you could pick one up.

Ok, thamks!

 

[Ridgerunner]

That chick was able to hatch itself, which is good. Often, when a chick has trouble hatching there is something wrong with it. It is not meant to make it. That doesn't mean you don't try, at least give it a chance.

It sounds like you have done everything right. Don't feel guilty if it doesn't make it. You're doing what you can but now it is up to the chick. Let us know what happens.