Blind Chick

[chicken19]

I'm a diabetic, when blood sugars get low it affects the sight, I can see but yet I can't, if she's perking up with feeding is possible she was never blind but that she couldn't see due to low blood sugars, it also makes you confused. Time will tell if she improves or not. Keep at it.

Okay, thank you!

 

[chicken19]

She still won't eat by herself yet.

I've been feeding her a little bit 4 times a day and once in the middle of the night.
She got up and pecked at the ground a little once and then started preening her feathers.
Other than that she just sleeps.

 

[DiamondSwan]

She still won't eat by herself yet.

I've been feeding her a little bit 4 times a day and once in the middle of the night.
She got up and pecked at the ground a little once and then started preening her feathers.
Other than that she just sleeps.

Awe, poor baby. Are you giving her straight nutri drench, and electrolytes and probiotics in her water? Is she drinking?

She will pull through, I know she will, just like my Thalia.

 

[chicken19]

I've just been giving her water and Chick Oatmeal with Chick crumble, water, yogurt, some sugar, and coconut oil.
Guess what?!
She fed and watered herself!!!!
I'm still feeding her by hand (though not as much food) because she doesn't get enough food for herself.
Thanks so much!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Help my gosling that hatched yesterday can't keep eyes open.

 

[chicken19]

Help my gosling that hatched yesterday can't keep eyes open.

Diamond Swan's not on. She might have something to help. Does it eat or drink?

 

[chicken19]

Sounds exactly like my little Thalia! She kept her eye closed all the time, and it eventually got really swollen. I found out she had an eye infection and imedietly started treating her with saline and coconut oil. I used 1/8 of a teaspoon to one cup of water and put a few drops in her eye, then I rubbed a little coconut oil on it with a cotten swab, both twice a day until the swelling went down and she was keeping her eye open. She has a blind eye now, but at least the infection didn't spread and kill her.







She was also really small, wasn't getting any feathers, and it didn't seem like she was growing. She was always acting like she was cold and getting pushed around by the others, so I put her in a separate brooder with one of the sweeter chicks, and kept the temperature higher. I gave her a few drops of straight nutri drench and straight coconut oil in her beak twice a day with a dropper, until she was 4 weeks old. I also used electrolytes, probiotics, and 2 teaspoons to 1 quart of water of apple cider vinegar. I also gave her extra snacks. I made this super nutritious chick mash that the chicks love! I made scrambled eggs cooked in coconut oil mixed with a little bit of starter food, chick grit, plain organic yogurt, and topped it with crushed meal worms. I almost wanted to eat it! I also gave her chick baby cake, and mixed chick kibble with her food. She is now 5 weeks old today, and has grown some and has some feathers now. She is still smaller than the others, but she's starting to catch up. She still has a heat lamp, but hopefully she won't need it much longer (I'm gradually lowering the temperature based on her feather growth rate.) I'm now alternating between the electrolytes and probiotics, and nutri drench in her water, and keeping up on the snacks. This is how she looks now:

Maybe try DiamondSwan's tactic?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Diamond Swan's not on. She might have something to help. Does it eat or drink?

it,can't find food or water.it just lays there

 

[chicken19]

Quote: First, boil some water.
Then mix Half a Teaspoon of coconut oil, Half a teaspoon brown sugar, 2 and a half tablespoons of chick food, and 1 teaspoon of plain yogurt.
Add the boiling water as needed to make it runny. Wait for it to cool to lukewarm and then feed by placing a spoon under the beak and draining it in her mouth.
If she or he is having lot's of problems with that add more water.
If she or he doesn't respond (not swallowing) it probably won't make it

 

[chicken19]

Owlet is on the up and up.
She's starting to run around a little with the other chicks.