Hatching emu chicks in homemade incubator

[beck2325]

Having a problem with the second chick. It keeps tucking it's head underneath or moving it's head around with it's beak pointing down. Seems lethargic. Hatching went fine and it got out and it's feathers actually dried up pretty fast along with fluffing out but it almost seems like it is getting weaker instead of the direction it should be going. Hatched yesterday. Pretty sure it is vitamin b deficient but not 100% sure. I know I should make it absorb it's yolk but I have a feeling the parent of this chick was low on b vitamins.. force fed it save a chick mixed in water. Just a few mL of it. Hopefully this chick doesn't continue to decline...because it is the male we needed! FRUSTRATING!

 

[beck2325]

Good news, the male is doing much better now. Unfortunately our egg #2 was not viable and egg #4 looked like a fully formed chick but didn't absorb it's yoke. As for the male emu we hatched, we gave him save a chick by mouth using a syringe twice a day and then made sure he got up and around as much as possible. He was better within 3-5days.