Chick is 2 and a half days old and still won’t stand or dry out

[lazy gardener]

Your thermometer and bator temp is way off. Take the time to calibrate against a known to be accurate medical quality thermometer before incubating again. (bulb type or digital. Medical grade are almost always guaranteed to be accurate to +/- .2*F. While doing the ice water calibration is recommended, I do not use this method, b/c a thermometer that is accurate at 32* MAY NOT be accurate at 100*) I calibrate by placing thermometers in a bowl or cup of water at approximately 100*, wait for them to equalize, and then compare the temp readings. Be sure you do not let them touch sides or bottom of the bowl.

If this weak chick is the first one to hatch, I don't hold out much hope for her survival or long term viability. Incubation temp too low can cause all sorts of developmental abnormalities. You can wait on the rest of the eggs, but most likely will have to call this incubation a learning experience and move on. Please read ALL of "Hatching Eggs 101" in the learning center before incubating again.

 

[lazy gardener]

I also put my flock on a good quality multi vit a few weeks before collecting eggs for hatching.

 

[Kyah_02]

Pretty much agreed with ES4L, with this exception. You might try getting a drop of Poultry Nutri Drench into him. Do not put the drop directly in his mouth, but hold him in a supported position, and let the drop wick into the side of his mouth from a q tip soaked in the PND. Be sure not to double dip back into the bottle. You don't want to contaminate the contents of the bottle. If you can get some PND into him, try a bit of sugar water or electrolyte solution, Repeat every couple hours with the lytes, and 3 x/day with the PND.

Drop the humidity ALL THE WAY DOWN in your bator. and get him on some padding. Perhaps some fabric that won't catch his toenails. If no change with this supportive care, he needs to be culled sooner than later.

If he hatched by himself, I'm thinking that if you can get his system up and running with the PND and sugar water, he may pull through.

Pretty much agreed with ES4L, with this exception. You might try getting a drop of Poultry Nutri Drench into him. Do not put the drop directly in his mouth, but hold him in a supported position, and let the drop wick into the side of his mouth from a q tip soaked in the PND. Be sure not to double dip back into the bottle. You don't want to contaminate the contents of the bottle. If you can get some PND into him, try a bit of sugar water or electrolyte solution, Repeat every couple hours with the lytes, and 3 x/day with the PND.

Drop the humidity ALL THE WAY DOWN in your bator. and get him on some padding. Perhaps some fabric that won't catch his toenails. If no change with this supportive care, he needs to be culled sooner than later.

If he hatched by himself, I'm thinking that if you can get his system up and running with the PND and sugar water, he may pull through.

I just went to to the store and bought some, I lowered the humidity, put some cloth down and gave it some of the nutri drech, the chick was super feisty but finally ended up taking it. I set it down on the towel and it tried to stand then layed down hopefully it does well. Thank you so much for the help!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

How's your chick doing today?

 

[Kyah_02]

How's your chick doing today?

Almost fluffed up all the way it’s head though isn’t it kind of looks like there could be yolk or something from the egg, I gave the vita drench to it but today I went in and another one is hatching, I didn’t want to open the incubator so I didn’t shrink wrap the little guy so I don’t know if I should wait till it hatched to start giving the chick the vitamins, it won’t stand on the towel and only just rolls off. When I set it on the towel it stands for a second then gets irritated and just rolls off

 

[EggSighted4Life]

When I set it on the towel it stands for a second then gets irritated and just rolls off

Practice this every couple hours... have ya got food crumbles around and see if tries to peck at stuff when it's standing on the towel? I crush them a little extra for special needs and you might have to drop them a little in from to interest the chick... the respond well to a higher pitched kinda quickly said call similar to what a hen mom would do... I make the sound "look babe, look!" as I drop pieces or rub my finger through a little pile near by... I make the crumbles readily available on the flooring surface to pique pecking interest until most if not all are up and mobile enough actively looking for and pecking at the feeder. Make little whistle sounds and such... they need encouragement sometimes to thrive... some are a bit dumber than others.

I can't believe you have another hatching! Give the current chick the vitamins pretty often but wait on the hatching one until it is done hatching and hopefully a little fluffed.

 

[Kyah_02]

Ok the chick is fluffed up quite a bit, I lowered the humidity but parts are still not fluffed up, I gave the chick it’s vita drench and when I take it out it sure throws a fit about taking it. is there any way I can help it fluff up the rest of the way? I’ve still kep it in the incubator and I’m hoping to soon move it to the brooder

 

[Kyah_02]

I also have this but I’m not going to use a whole gallon of it I was wondering how much I could use just for a couple chick or should I just make a gallon and give some to my hens

 

[True Patriot]

I mixed the sav-a-chick in a 2 quart pitcher. Then added a 1 cup measure to the 1 qt chick waterer each time I changed their water. Not totally scientific but seemed to work out.
Edit: I stored the excess in the refrigerator. The pitcher was marked.

 

[lazy gardener]

HOw long has it been since that chick hatched? If it's been more than 48 hours, chances of it being a viable chick at this point are poor. I would get it out of the bator if it's been 48 hours, and keep it in a brooder.