Help, 2 sick baby chicks

[Edwige]

I would get them some water and put GSE in it. It works!!

10 drops in a quart of water?

 

[thepick4uchicks]

Hi,
I am new to baby raising and I have 2 sick chicks!!!
One is half the size of the others, keeps falling over, shakes, loose droppings. She eats and drink on her own.
The other started showing weakness a few days ago. She shakes and is constantly swaying from side to side. Can't stand for long on her legs. She eats and drink.
The other 7 chicks are doing great, but I separated the 2 chicks today and started giving them vitamin E, B and selenium.
Any idea of what this could be?
They are silkies. Raised in incubator.
Thank you!!!!

You need to try to hook up with someone on here who raises silkies. They will know better what to do with these wee ones. They require special care sometimes that those of us with regular sized chicks often never encounter. You probably need to get their blood sugar up and their body heat up. Are they inside your house? Are they warm enough for them? Sometimes the 70 degrees in central heat/air conditioning houses is way to cool for new chicks. Or they could be too hot if they are outside depending where you live with the heat extremes parts of the countries have been having like the Western, Southern,and easternmost U. S. I would say you might try them on some soft hard boiled egg to maybe get some needed protein into them. This should be easy for them to take in and digest. It is a trick many chicken owners often use to give weak ones a boost or regular ones as a treat when they are young. Try that and see if it helps and email the support administrator for a Silkie owner. They should help.

 

[Kelly60]

You need to try to hook up with someone on here who raises silkies. They will know better what to do with these wee ones. They require special care sometimes that those of us with regular sized chicks often never encounter. You probably need to get their blood sugar up and their body heat up. Are they inside your house? Are they warm enough for them? Sometimes the 70 degrees in central heat/air conditioning houses is way to cool for new chicks. Or they could be too hot if they are outside depending where you live with the heat extremes parts of the countries have been having like the Western, Southern,and easternmost U. S. I would say you might try them on some soft hard boiled egg to maybe get some needed protein into them. This should be easy for them to take in and digest. It is a trick many chicken owners often use to give weak ones a boost or regular ones as a treat when they are young. Try that and see if it helps and email the support administrator for a Silkie owner. They should help.

I used to raise silkies. Occasionally one would hatch and not thrive and would become sick very easily. I would tuck the little one in my bra and every 15 minutes or so feed it Gerber Baby food Veal mixed with medicated chick starter Which was thinned with a few drops of electrolytes. They stay a perfect temp in your bra and don’t get stressed. Maybe because of a heartbeat or it feels like mom sitting on them. It usually worked.

 

[thepick4uchicks]

I used to raise silkies. Occasionally one would hatch and not thrive and would become sick very easily. I would tuck the little one in my bra and every 15 minutes or so feed it Gerber Baby food Veal mixed with medicated chick starter Which was thinned with a few drops of electrolytes. They stay a perfect temp in your bra and don’t get stressed. Maybe because of a heartbeat or it feels like mom sitting on them. It usually worked.

 

[thepick4uchicks]

Sounds like good plan to me.

 

[Edwige]

You need to try to hook up with someone on here who raises silkies. They will know better what to do with these wee ones. They require special care sometimes that those of us with regular sized chicks often never encounter. You probably need to get their blood sugar up and their body heat up. Are they inside your house? Are they warm enough for them? Sometimes the 70 degrees in central heat/air conditioning houses is way to cool for new chicks. Or they could be too hot if they are outside depending where you live with the heat extremes parts of the countries have been having like the Western, Southern,and easternmost U. S. I would say you might try them on some soft hard boiled egg to maybe get some needed protein into them. This should be easy for them to take in and digest. It is a trick many chicken owners often use to give weak ones a boost or regular ones as a treat when they are young. Try that and see if it helps and email the support administrator for a Silkie owner. They should help.

Thank you! I did start giving the wee one hard boiled eggs. Temp is good. I ll get in touch with the Silkie Folks then. Thank you very much.

 

[Edwige]

I used to raise silkies. Occasionally one would hatch and not thrive and would become sick very easily. I would tuck the little one in my bra and every 15 minutes or so feed it Gerber Baby food Veal mixed with medicated chick starter Which was thinned with a few drops of electrolytes. They stay a perfect temp in your bra and don’t get stressed. Maybe because of a heartbeat or it feels like mom sitting on them. It usually worked.

Wow. Ok. Thank you for the tip!!!
I guess I ll be wearing the baby.

 

[thepick4uchicks]

Thank you! I did start giving the wee one hard boiled eggs. Temp is good. I ll get in touch with the Silkie Folks then. Thank you very much.

You are so welcome and good luck to you both!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

One is half the size of the others, keeps falling over, shakes, loose droppings. She eats and drink on her own.
She shakes and is constantly swaying from side to side. Can't stand for long on her legs. She eats and drink.
started giving them vitamin E, B and selenium.

Forgot to say, they are 3 weeks old

The feed is medicated special chicks. They have grits and I started giving them a spoon of

The tiny one is not really doing better. Maybe worse. He is having a hard time pecking on target.

How are your chicks doing?
Can you post some photos of the feed bag and the nutritional tag on the bag too?

Are you feeding medicated chick starter? I see quite a bit of corn, oats, etc. in the brooder.
I would provide them with Chick Starter made into a wet mash. See that they are drinking well too.

How much vitamins are you giving? I would only give the Vitamin E (400IU) and B-Complex (1/4 tablet) per bird. Ditch the Selenium and give them small bits of scrambled egg instead - egg has sufficient Selenium.

Falling over and shaking sounds neurological, hopefully the Vitamins will help.
Are their legs o.k. - no deformities or splay leg?

When you can, a photos of the whole brooder may also be helpful.

 

[Edwige]

How are your chicks doing?
Can you post some photos of the feed bag and the nutritional tag on the bag too?

Are you feeding medicated chick starter? I see quite a bit of corn, oats, etc. in the brooder.
I would provide them with Chick Starter made into a wet mash. See that they are drinking well too.

How much vitamins are you giving? I would only give the Vitamin E (400IU) and B-Complex (1/4 tablet) per bird. Ditch the Selenium and give them small bits of scrambled egg instead - egg has sufficient Selenium.

Falling over and shaking sounds neurological, hopefully the Vitamins will help.
Are their legs o.k. - no deformities or splay leg?

When you can, a photos of the whole brooder may also be helpful.

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Thank you, Wyorp Rock!!
Here is a photo of the feed.
It's special for chicks with meds. I'll do a mash then. Water added? Is that it?
They do drink well.
I am definitely giving them egg mash.
For the vitamin, do I give them every day?
For the feet, they are fine, but one has a slight splayed legs problem. I keep putting them back in the center throughout the day and hold her in my hands for 15min periods.
Thank you for taking the time for our minis.