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Chicks have arrived! One seems a little "off."

AZMama6

Chirping
Feb 7, 2022
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Peoria, AZ
Our chicks were at the post office since this morning, but they didn't call me until after 2pm. It looks like they threw in an extra barred rock. We got:
Speckled Sussex
Barred Rock
Black Australorp
Buff Orpington
Lavender Orpington
Blue Rock
Silver Laced Wyandotte
Splash Laced Red Wyandotte

The splash laced red wyandotte is not drinking on its own. It is cheeping a lot and standing off by itself. It sways a bit. It does peck at food (or poo) on the floor. The others walk by and peck it. Should I be worried?
 

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I had four silkie chicks and the same thing happened to me. I recommend you separate that chick from the others because they might be sick. If their not eating or drinking I recommend putting some mil worms on the floor of whatever you're keeping them in. And if that doesn't work you'll have to manual feed them. Put some warm water in a bowl and add a table spoon of sugar and put that mixture in a syringe. Carefully put a drop on their beak and they'll lick it off. This isn't a hundred percent plan that they'll live but you can try.
 
She was fine by evening. I think maybe she just had jet lag, it was a whirlwind trip from OH to AZ in one day!
My dd figured out how to get her to drink, since dipping her beak didn't seem to work. She put drops of water on her hand in front of her, and she pecked at them, then offered water from a toy spoon. Once she got the hang of it, she started drinking like crazy!
 

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