Help! New Baby Can't Stand after hatch!

[chickiemom81]

How hard is it pecking at the chick? Is it removing fluff? Is it a fast paced yet short peeps or a fast paced loud long peeps?

My chicks sometimes climb over and under one-another and do light pecks at each-other without doing any damage and do fast-paced short peeps as they do so, and for the first day chicks are quite vocal after hatching, peeping over EVERYTHING and tend to be quite loud from my experience before quieting down a little.

I dont think he was pecking hard enough to really hurt him, But the baby lying down didnt like it and kept trying to scoot away...I have never incubated chicks before so I am new to this and didnt know they peck each other straight out of the shell lol.. I have however, hatched some from Broody hens, just didnt see them pecking each other. Maybe because they were under the hens a lot. I just took a few pics to give a visual of the leg issue.

This is the baby that is fine and running everywhere..

This is the one that has the Issue and is always in this position...

This is how he/she keeps the legs underneath..

And this is how the legs look when I lift up the full body weight...

He does seem to be getting stronger in the legs as time goes by. I was able to get him to stand by himself for about 3 seconds before they buckled. The red spot on its beak is from where he kept getting his beak hung in the incubator wire.

 

[chickens really]

So cute.....
Yes...Do not worry about the pecking....Its normal Chick behaviour ......

 

[WVduckchick]

so cute!

if it's still not standing much, you could try some Nutridrench. Excellent vitamin boost.

 

[chickiemom81]

Update... Today he actually stood up by himself for almost a minute. he still can't walk normal, but he is definitely making progress.

 

[chickiemom81]

Hi guys! Just wanted to let you know that the little chick is now 4 days old and he is up and mobile! He can stand, walk and even run and looks normal! Yay!!

Thanks for the help and calming my nerves lol

 

[WVduckchick]

Great job and thanks for the update!

 

[chickens really]

Fantastic...Just needed more time....