Chick can't stand up, can't hold head up, can't really move....happened quickly, what could it be? H

[Free Spirit]

Wonderful News!

Do keep her on the treatment of Corid for the full course. Do keep nursing her until she acts completely normal again. When she is back to her old lively self then I would still keep her in patient care for another few days before releasing her with the rest of the flock to give her just a bit more time to build up her immune system.

I'm still praying and crossing my fingers for her to make a full recovery

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[bluema]

Please keep us posted! So glad to hear she's doing better. Give her lots of blueberries for me.

 

[TwoCrows]

Yay!! That is great news!!!

I sure hope she continues to heal up completely.

 

[MESOFRUFFEH]

Guys I am so excited, she seems like she is totally back to her old self like nothing ever happened!! I am very confused and still have no idea what was wrong with her, but she is running around scratching and pecking like nothing ever happened. She seriously was completely immobile, couldn't even hold her eyes open for a whole day. Very perplexing, I still can't believe she is fine. She is eating and drinking on her own, I put her in my hospital cage outside, she really wants out lol. She is all by herself, and I will keep her in there for a few days to make sure she doesn't relapse into whatever condition she had.

Thank you to everyone who helped, and Kathy, if not for all your informative tube feeding posts, I probably would not have been prepared to do what I did lol. I already had all the supplies necessary and will keep them on hand from now on!! My little chicken first aid kit just keeps growing and it is proving quite handy in emergency situations! If not for tube feeding her I don't think she would have made it. There was no way I could have dropped her water, she would have aspirated because she was just too out of it. And thanks to Two Crows too who has pretty much babysat me thru all my chicken issues lol!!

And Bluema.... next time I go to the store (which is NOT gonna be today LOL) I am getting some bluberries and will definitely be treating her to some. We have named her Hope... because I just kept saying I really hope she makes it lol. She is so pretty and was one of my favorite chicks, it always seems to happen the favorites doesn't it??

Just wanted to give yall an update, if she should take a turn for the worse I will let yall know, but the rate we are going, I think this is behind us. But then again, that is what I keep thinking about all this stuff and it just keeps being one thing after another lol.

 

[TwoCrows]

My guess is she got pounced on and it was too much for her. Make sure when you mix young chicks into the coop that you keep them with same ages. Babies shouldn't go in with adults until they are at least 12 weeks of age. And always do an introduction from behind an enclosure for 2 or 3 weeks prior to mixing so there isn't too much aggression.

SO happy to hear she made it!!!

 

[casportpony]

So happy to hear she's feeling better!

-Kathy

 

[MESOFRUFFEH]

My guess is she got pounced on and it was too much for her. Make sure when you mix young chicks into the coop that you keep them with same ages. Babies shouldn't go in with adults until they are at least 12 weeks of age. And always do an introduction from behind an enclosure for 2 or 3 weeks prior to mixing so there isn't too much aggression.

SO happy to hear she made it!!!

Believe me, I will NEVER have chickens with staggered ages like this again, it really complicated things, PLUS with all this illness and all the hospital cages I had... yeah it was crazy. I can honestly say I made some decisions under distress that weren't the best lol. The only reason the babies wound up IN the chicken house with everyone else was it was so cold and rainy and windy and I did not feel like my holding pen offered enough protection against that type of weather. Not to mention, tree limbs kept falling there and I did not want anyone to get hit. Any other time the holding pen is fine, but for severe weather, I felt like they needed better protection! But yes, I am so glad she made it, hopefully we won't have any more problems! I might just move the babies into the little holding pen now that it is not so cold and rainy anymore, and hopefully that will keep anyone else from getting beat up if that is what happened. I might work on that this afternoon. Thanks everyone for all the prayers and thoughts and encouragement! It definitely worked!!

 

[bluema]

Having mixed flock with differing age will become the normalcy the longer you keep chickens. This will invariably be needed to keep up the egg production, usually every two years or so. The key is to wait long enough until the newer chicks are big enough to defend themselves (about the same size), and to concentrate on building their immune system before adding them to the rest of the flock. Yes, it'll be stressful every time, but they'll eventually all work it out. Best time to add new members is during early warm seasons when you can free range them and the girls have plenty escape route while working out the pecking order. I'm just very happy the little girl made it!!!

 

[ochochicas]

I agree that the little chicks were too small to defend themselves against the older birds. She probably got attacked, or didn't get enough to eat. Maybe introduce her back with the younger flock before putting them all back in the coop together. Good Luck!

 

[casportpony]

Might be a good ideas to weigh her every few days and reevaluate her care if she loses weight or doesn't gain weight.

-Kathy