help my chicks!!!!

[ayedrianna]

is it normal for a chick to sleep on its side?

 

[Domestic_goddess]

Yes totally normal, baby chicks sleep in all kinds of funny ways

 

[ayedrianna]

ok thanks!

 

[ayedrianna]

my chickie won't eat. what do i do?

its been about an hour and a half since i had her and the rest are eating but not her.

 

[Domestic_goddess]

Try to put just the tip of her beak in the water and same for the food? Good luck!

 

[Shifty Joe]

Keep an eye on her, but if she keeps off the food you could try pulling her (and one other to help prompt) out and giving them a mashed up hard boiled egg. This is an old trick my mother used, seems chicks like nothing better than eating an egg.

 

[Kittymomma]

Lots of mine had no real interest in food/water until day 2. They don't really need it right away since they can live off the yolk they absorbed right before hatching for a couple of days. Do keep an eye on her and make sure she's eating/drinking by tomorrow, but you don't need to worry just yet.

ETA: I got threads mixed up and was thinking you had hatched these chicks. If you got her at the feed store she's already a couple of days old and does need to start eating/drinking.

 

[Keri78]

YEP...what they said