I've had 15 chicks for two weeks. My one RIR is still very small and has always been a loner. She has very little leg strength and loves lying under the heat lamp. She had pasty butt twice at the beginning. This chick eats, drinks, poop looks normal, peeps and chases others if they have something she wants, but then lies right back down. A week ago she was 34 grams and is now 44 grams so she is growing but very slowly. I started her on nutri drench and boiled egg yolk yesterday and she consumes both. She is on medicated crumble. She has both nutridrench and ACV waters. Her wings and tail are growing in but her wings droop and she doesn't seem to have control over them. I've saw her flap them once yesterday. I noticed yesterday she still has a tiny hard black piece of her umbillicus and I can feel a small hard mass behind it, under her vent. Her vent pulses and is a little swollen so I've kept it clean. Since she's so small, I put her in a smaller brooder two days ago
because the other chicks were running her over and stepping on her. I brought home a tiny cuckoo maran yesterday to keep her company and this hatchling isn't much smaller than her. I thought she was a failure to thrive case but she's seemingly healthy and is growing. I've been doing "physical therapy" several times a day making her stand to get her stronger. No spraddle leg. Her thighs are so thin and I can feel the bones around her tail but she looks like a fat downy chick from the front. Any suggestions or thoughts as to what's wrong? Pictures are from a few days ago and her tail feathers have grown since but she lies like this.
because the other chicks were running her over and stepping on her. I brought home a tiny cuckoo maran yesterday to keep her company and this hatchling isn't much smaller than her. I thought she was a failure to thrive case but she's seemingly healthy and is growing. I've been doing "physical therapy" several times a day making her stand to get her stronger. No spraddle leg. Her thighs are so thin and I can feel the bones around her tail but she looks like a fat downy chick from the front. Any suggestions or thoughts as to what's wrong? Pictures are from a few days ago and her tail feathers have grown since but she lies like this.