Chick Not Thriving, What to Do?

[vintage]

Thank you, it's so hard. She passed yesterday, wasn't eating in the morning when I put her in front of a small dish of chick starter wet with electrolytes and I knew it wouldn't be long.

I'm so sorry. I had a chick pass yesterday too. It is rough.

 

[2ndTink]

Thank you, it's so hard. She passed yesterday, wasn't eating in the morning when I put her in front of a small dish of chick starter wet with electrolytes and I knew it wouldn't be long.

I'm so sorry to hear this.

 

[Pequena ave]

Sorry for your loss.
I wish more baby chicks who don’t eat or drink were syringe fed. Search how to hand feed baby parrot, process is the same. I have saved many chicks and adult quail this way, chickens would be no different.
I soak crumbles, add boiled egg, pout vit, etc. Press throu fine sieve and syringe feed, the fine seive makes the mash flow throu syringe with no blockade.
Hope all is fine with rest of chicks.

 

[crzychicknmom]

I'm so sorry. I had a chick pass yesterday too. It is rough.

I'm sorry you lost one of yours too, they are such delicate little things and it's so sad when they pass.

 

[crzychicknmom]

I'm so sorry to hear this.

Thank you

 

[crzychicknmom]

Sorry for your loss.
I wish more baby chicks who don’t eat or drink were syringe fed. Search how to hand feed baby parrot, process is the same. I have saved many chicks and adult quail this way, chickens would be no different.
I soak crumbles, add boiled egg, pout vit, etc. Press throu fine sieve and syringe feed, the fine seive makes the mash flow throu syringe with no blockade.
Hope all is fine with rest of chicks.

I was doing a syringe for water, but hadn't thought to do it for food. I only had a children's tylenol syringe that I use for chicken care not tylenol. I will have to look that up.

So far everyone else is doing great, growing crazy fast and zooming around.

 

[cnielsen]

Thank you, it's so hard. She passed yesterday, wasn't eating in the morning when I put her in front of a small dish of chick starter wet with electrolytes and I knew it wouldn't be long.

i just had the same situation with an order of 5 salmon faverolle chicks, all except one died and then the survivor went two days before passing also it sounds like you did a great job doing everything you could and gave her a fighting chance. sometimes shipping is just too stressful, i’m very sorry about the losses

 

[Pequena ave]

I was doing a syringe for water, but hadn't thought to do it for food. I only had a children's tylenol syringe that I use for chicken care not tylenol. I will have to look that up.

So far everyone else is doing great, growing crazy fast and zooming around.

I guess I should say to crop feed via syringe. I knew what vision I had in my mind. I have the syringe like in this video, the food goes straight into the crop so the chick has been fed. We don't try and feed the chicken to get it to eat, which is what people are doing I think when using syringe at the chicks beak. Open up please, swallow please.
Crop feeding is fast and easy and the chick gets the nutrients ASAP.

 

[crzychicknmom]

I guess I should say to crop feed via syringe. I knew what vision I had in my mind. I have the syringe like in this video, the food goes straight into the crop so the chick has been fed. We don't try and feed the chicken to get it to eat, which is what people are doing I think when using syringe at the chicks beak. Open up please, swallow please.
Crop feeding is fast and easy and the chick gets the nutrients ASAP.

That is so interesting I've never heard of that before. I will definitely learn more about it before we get another batch of chicks!

 

[crzychicknmom]

i just had the same situation with an order of 5 salmon faverolle chicks, all except one died and then the survivor went two days before passing also it sounds like you did a great job doing everything you could and gave her a fighting chance. sometimes shipping is just too stressful, i’m very sorry about the losses

I'm so sorry you lost your faverolles too. Since they have passed I have read so much about the salmon favorelles really not doing well in transport. I am in love with the breed they are so sweet and beautiful but knowing now that they don't survive transport well I don't think I will ever order them to be shipped again!