Brand new to chickens, got 4 chicks today & need all the advise I can get!

[identicaltwinmom]

Hello! Never had chickens before, got 2 Americanas & 2 Brahman chicks this morning, was told they are a few days old. Have them in brooding cage with lamp & chick food & water with additive to prevent dehydration. One of the chicks seems to not be eating or drinking, so I picked it up and put in in front of the food. Chick sort of walked away & seemed to fall asleep. any ideas about what I should do to help it? BTW, I'm Mom to 2 sets of twins, a Sicilian husband, I'm currently homeschooling all 4 due to Virus, we have 2 chubby friendly bunnies, 3 fun standard poodles, a 4 lovable year old duck & an absolutely cherished Clydesdale mare. Thanks for letting me into your chicken community!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. Right now, drinking is most important so keep an eye on the chick in question. Here are some helpful links:

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Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! Glad that you joined! Good luck with the chick's!

 

[Katie386]

I’m new to chickens but I have seen this a couple times in my chicks. I lost two but was able to save the third one.it could be many things wrong with your chick. Watch and research as best you can. But what I did with my last chick is wet the food down and put small amounts in his beak a few times every hour or so and dunked his head in water. I didn’t know what was wrong with him but I knew at least he was eating. You can buy save a chick meds from tsc and put it in their water to give them a boost Or add some sugar to their water. After a day or two of this was enough to get him to start taking care of himself. But again it could be anything so watch closely And Check the poop!

 

[MINNIEMOUSE21]

Welcome. Lots of good advice on here.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

The chick that will not eat, you can mix the food with water. Get a syringe, hey the water/food mixter and try to feed it to the chick. Good luck.

 

[Kale the Quail]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your chicks.

 

[PerlyBee]

Welcome!! And wow two sets of twins! Sounds awesome! Always wanted to have twins! Good luck with your chicks you can get Nutri-drench from TSC it really help to boost those weak chicks after transit