Day Old Chick Really bloated and lethargic

kayakfish

Chirping
6 Years
Feb 17, 2013
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Cumberland, VA
Okay here is the background, I got these eggs shipped 3 out of 10 were viable after USPS, had them. Those 3 were obvious saddleback air cells so I watched them closely, they did PIP at the wrong end therefore I opened a space large enough to drain the water from inside to keep them from drowning, and then wrapped them in wet paper towels and put them back in incubator until they hatched. 2 of them hatched and 1 id great up and peeping around at just 18 hours the other one, id PIPPing, and the 3rd well looks like a really fat chick, and it doesn't get up and move around hardly at all, no navel cord injuries, or discoloration, no bad smell, just lethargic, and like I said huge, like handful huge. It is a Orpington.
Any suggestions?
 
About all you can do is give them some electrolyte, vitamins, mix a little molasses in some water for energy and a little cooked egg. It may not be moving much because of it's size being too heavy. Hopefully it will come around and be ok.
 
Thanks, I have started the electrolytes, vitamins from the little packs you get from TSC, and will start giving it some honey as well. It hasn't even tried to eat yet they are just 18 hours old, the other of course pecks at the chick feed I put in there, but not really eating yet.
 

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