Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

[CinnamonQueen]

Amen!

 

[jopeep]

Nambroth, Did I hear you call Coho "Fuffapotamus" in her cold morning petting video? Too cute!
I'm so glad other Derp Groupies find chicken petting videos relaxing......!

 

[Nambroth]

Nambroth, Did I hear you call Coho "Fuffapotamus" in her cold morning petting video? Too cute!
I'm so glad other Derp Groupies find chicken petting videos relaxing......!

You did! I have all sorts of nonsense nicknames for my birds.

 

[froggiesheins]

The Fud Lady's Mornings By: The Fud Lady Every morning, rain or shine, The dawn peeks through the neighbor's pine, And the Fud Lady knows, without a doubt, It's time to let the chickens out. With food and water, treats in hand, She ventures into Chicken Land, Complaints abound; "What took so long?! We're starving, starving, right this wrong!" The Food is ate, the Water sipped, Treats from fingers, gently nipped. With crops quite full to burst, I'm betting, The chickens prepare for morning petting. First comes Moa, with whispered peeps, Then on the shoulder, Chickadees. With the perching of many chicken toes, Coho snuggles in for a contented doze.

LOVE IT!!!!

 

[Pyxis]

Nabroth, when Derp was a chick and having problems, what did you feed her and how did you prepare it? I have a sultan bantam chick here that nearly froze to death and I really need to get some food into her. She won't open her eyes, so I'm going to need to feed her until she gets stronger.

 

[froggiesheins]

Nabroth, when Derp was a chick and having problems, what did you feed her and how did you prepare it? I have a sultan bantam chick here that nearly froze to death and I really need to get some food into her. She won't open her eyes, so I'm going to need to feed her until she gets stronger.

I can help you here.......Do U feed laying crumbles? IF so, get some hot water and make a mash out of the crumbles/pellets/mash. Make it mushy enough so U can push it thru a syringe..U can add alittle sugar or better yet NUTRA drench or vitamins etc... U will have to force feed her, open the beak and squeeze some in, wait for her to swallow a drop or two of water, and give more foodmash.....

 

[drumstick diva]

Please don't force food on her.

If she is still cold, warm her slowly- you can do so by holding her close to your body, or in a pocket. When they are cold their digestive system is not working, food wont' do any good. After she comes to a normal body temp. (not shivering or panting) you could put a bit of grogel in the side of her beak so she can decide if she wants to swallow or not. Be guided by her behavior. If she comes around and is active you could start by feeding her some mashed boiled egg yolk off the tip of your finger, or unflavored yogurt. If she is lethargic, you might perk her up with a couple drops of Polyvisol(NO IRON) pediatric drops. Be sure she has access to water (marbles in dish to prevent drowning)- and tap the bowl to get her attention. You could dip your finger in water and let her get the taste in her mouth.

I'm sure others will chime in with more advice.

 

[froggiesheins]

After reading Drumstick Divas post, I realized [DUH!] this is a chick! I am thinking grown chicken. So sorry I did give mis-information. Drumssticks is right on for a little bitty! LOL
I am blaming it on a SENIOR MOMENT!

 

[artsyrobin]

hows the baby??

 

[Nambroth]

Nabroth, when Derp was a chick and having problems, what did you feed her and how did you prepare it? I have a sultan bantam chick here that nearly froze to death and I really need to get some food into her. She won't open her eyes, so I'm going to need to feed her until she gets stronger.

You've got some good information from the above posters. When Derp was doing very poorly, I could only get he to willingly take liquid from an eyedropper. I mixed it into a little bit of sugar water and pedialyte... not ideal, but my last ditch effort with a chick that I felt was nearly dead. I have worked with birds my whole life and was privileged enough to have the experience to determine when it came time for 'last ditch' effort. After a day, she gradually let me add more solids to it; I stirred in a little (home-made) kefir, and then I started putting her mash into a food processor until it was dust, and mixing it into the water, etc.
In time she was taking solid food off of the end of the eyedropper.

It can be hard to force-feed an adult chicken unless you know what you are doing, and quadruple hard to force feed a chick.. you run a high risk of aspirating it. I do not recommend force feeding chicks unless you are confident in your ability to do so, and only as the very last measure. Extra stress on a chick that is that near death may just do it in.

Warm your baby slowly and see if he or she will take liquids, first. Put a drop of warm, clear water at the tippy tip of her beak and see if she 'sucks' it in at all, and what her reaction is. Remember that animals (and people), even very young ones, dehydrate more quickly than they starve, but never force water on her. Just try the drop on the tip of the beak trick-- let her suck it in on her own-- it's worked for me on countless birds. After they get a few sips, they seem to gain a bit more awareness, if they are capable of recovering. Good luck!