Help! Listless 8-day old chick!

[NortonKittyOllie]

Well, I couldn't get my hands on any Co-rid so I had to opt for supportive care. I gave them all (there are 13 chicks BTW) Pedialyte and plain low-fat yogurt and oddly enough they all scarfed it up. I had to put the listless chick's beak in the yogurt and Pedialyte a few times but then she got the idea and after an hour she was eating along with the rest of them. By the end of the evening they all seemed quite happy and full and sleepy.

This morning I swear they all doubled in size! All are active, chirping, flittering around, and "Listless" is acting like nothing was ever wrong. Disaster averted??? We'll see. They will still get the yogurt and Pedialyte for a few days. Oh AND I fed them "bananas and oatmeal" babyfood... I figured it would easy on their little tummies yet help bind them up if they needed it. They loved it.

I am cautiously optimistic.

 

[Wynette]

Great news! They look good!! However, they look VERY crowded to me; that could be part of the problem. And again, you really should get them onto shavings...they're more absorbent than a layer of paper towels. Do you have a larger brooder/container you can get them into? I think that would really help! Thanks for the update - I was wondering how "Listless" was doing!!!

 

[NortonKittyOllie]

Actually, I moved them to bigger quarters yesterday as well... what you see here is about a 1/3 of the original box. I didn't put shavings in last night (will do tonight) because I felt it would be too much activity for one day (for me and the chicks). Tonight I will add the shavings (a little at a time). Big box now with a small perch and they flutter/fly from one end to the other. I wish I could attach a video but I cant see how to do it. It's hysterical!

Oh, I see that you can't... oh well. I'll save it for Facebook!

 

[Wynette]

You can put a video on photobucket.com - that's where I store all my photos/video. Then, you can copy/paste with the html info. in front & behind into a post here.

Yes, it's hilarious watching them learn to fly!