I have a Jersey Giant chick and she hasn't eaten any food in two days. She's only about 3 days old now. She's tiny and frail. She looks completely healthy with the right color, all her down feathers, both eyes nice and bright. However, she won't sit down. She stands all the time. She just balances on her little legs non stop. I have been giving her a dropper with electrolytes and water. She will drink it. She chirps a little bit. I've watched her try to peck at the chick starter and she doesn't seem to open her mouth and come away with any food. I tried to wet it and put the mash on her beak and nothing! So, I mixed a little yolk, sugar, water, electrolytes, and a bit of iron free poly-vi-sol and she seems to have the tiniest bit of energy. I've had to separate her because the other chicks plow past her and knock her down and she can't complete with their energy. I can tell she's trying to survive but I don't know what else to do. Please, if you have any thoughts, let me know. I want to help her if possible. By the way, she has pooped the the tiniest bit.
It's so hard for children to understand what we're doing. I do the same and continue to try even when there's no hope left. I just lost a five month old that somehow got inured in the coop. I had her in the house for a week and she kept fading until she started having seizures
