chick with trouble balancing - new symptoms

[bantiesrule]

I've been feeding her boiled egg and chick starter. And giving her gravel (smaller than grit-I use it for the bantam chicks), sand and some oyster shell mixed together. She seems to be getting better. She looks more alert, she can walk a bit more before falling over and she'll pick herself up more often instead of scooting along like she was. I hope so anyway.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[annek]

I have not been at this that long but I have read in more than one post NOT to give chicks oyster shell. It can affect their bone growth I believe. If she is getting only egg and chick starter, she does not need sand or grit. She only needs that when she starts eating harder things.

 

[bantiesrule]

I didn't think oyster shell was good for them either but everyone said calcium and that was all I had, so thought I'd give it a try. I didn't give her very much of it and she does seem to be getting better so I think I will take the rest away from her now.
She was out in a chicken tractor with the rest so I'm not sure what she was eating but I know they would all run and dig around in the gravel when I put it in their cage so I figured if they wanted it that much, they probably needed it.

 

[madmandi]

i lost 2 chicks with these same symptoms. now i think a 3rd one is sick too. im so stressed. how can i give my chick more calcium? i really need to do something fast someone help my chick has no balance to she looks drunk

 

[peepsnbunnies]

Has your chick had any access to food that may have gotten wet? Moldy food can make them very sick and cause neurological problems like paralysis.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

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Egg shells are a good source of calcium, I have read that baby vitamins work but I have never tried it, I hope your chick gets better