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Chick with eyes closed and chirping after assisted hatch

Yoohis

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Jun 3, 2022
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Hey everyone, I've been lurking on byc for awhile and deicided to make an account because of my situation, I assisted a chick that was malpositioned and a little stuck, everything went well but they're just laying there chirping with its eyes closed, its been 3 hours and sometimes it trys to get up and move around while its eyes are closed but falls since it has curled toes, i'm going to try to fix the curled toes soon but is it normal for it to lay there and then also stumble around a lot with its eyes closed?
 

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Hey thanks for the link, i already made a sugar water mixture 150ml water half teaspoon sugar. They're having a lot of problems so im trying to correct them all, Splayed leg brace, curled toe shoes and a sock so they can balance. I hope everything goes well :(
I had a chick with Neuro problems from my last hatch. He is now a normal, but slow developing, chicken!
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Shes in a sock now but sometimes does random chewing motions, before she was panting so i lowered the temp but does anyone know what shes chewing? Shes drinking okay and but not eating so i made a water + starter mix and she has had a little over the past hours. Now shes just chirping, chewing and trying to get out.
 

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Her head is also leaning backwards and im unsure why, tried to lean her forwards but she keeps moving back. Also tested her balance and its better compared to before.
 
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Forgot to metion that she rarely opens her eyes and usually opens only one eye, ive tried cleaning her eyelids but she still doesnt like opening them often.
 

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