Chick with issues

[nbeucler]

Hello,

A student brought some eggs from their farm to incubate at school. A bunch of them hatched last week. I was checking the rest of the bunch that still hadn’t hatched yet and heard a very loud chirping coming from an egg. The egg had rolled over to the side it had pipped. There was about a dime size hole and it had started to dry out. I turned the egg over and it started to hatch more. I let the little do it’s thing and finish the job, but it’s struggling. It can’t stand, just flops around everywhere and when it stops, it’s looks like it is all curled up again as if in the egg. I have managed to make sure it gets a little water, and it drinks well. When I hold it, it chirps pretty loud. I try to help it stand and it can a little by leaning on my hand.

Anyone have any suggestions or is this little one a lost cause??? I’ve included a picture of the way it is laying. I turn it over and it flips back to the same side

 

[coach723]

Continue to help it drink, dehydration is serious in chicks. If you have some electrolites (sav-a-chick, pedialite) you can alternate that with fresh water. If you have some poultry nutridrench give it a couple of drops of that. It's hard to say if it will make it or not, sometimes they just need some more time. I would supplement with B vitamins, E and selenium also. https://www.tillysnest.com/2014/03/vitamin-deficiencies-in-backyard-chicks-html/ , vitamin deficiencies can start inside the egg while developing and are often reversible, if that is what is going on. A chick chair may help to keep it upright until it finds it's legs, some examples here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/#post-18353109