help please baby chick not doing well ???

[WhisperingWinds]

I got a 30 something babies on sunday, all different breeds/mixed anywhere for a couple days old to a week or so old.
I had three babies that were really smaller than rest, getting trampled over for food and such. I pulled them out yesterday and put them in a small box with food and water and lamp, they seemed to be doing alright watched all three move around, eat and drink and huddle up together.
Woke up this morning to the smallest one dead. The next smallest is not eating, but drinking a little... the other is doing well.

The one that is not eating, what can I do ???

I pulled it out and have been holding it, holding water and food to its beak, it will take a drink every so often, and but not food... :-(

Is there anything I can mix and use eye dropper to feed ??? any ideas???

Thanks,
Stacey

 

[TaylorHobbyFarms]

Since it is now sharing a box with only one other chick, are you sure that the temperature is warm enough? What is the temperature in the box? Sometimes chicks will become very inactive when they are cold...and actually can do the same when they are too hot, but I would guess in this case it might be too cold.

It was definitely a good move to remove it from the larger chicks as I have had to separate based on size for the first few weeks. Especially if you have some larger flightier birds. If it was injured and you didn't realize it, I don't know if there would be a whole lot you can do at this point, but hopefully that is not the case and it makes a full recovery.