Help with baby chick who wont eat

[agibb]

I have a baby chick who was hatched a day later than the others and never started feeding on its own. It's now 5 days old and I have been syringe feeding it for the past 2 days but I can't do this forever. How do I get it to feed itself? I have tried putting the chick crumb on the floor and taped it with my finger but it just goes to get under something and sleep. I also tried some sugar water on day 3 but it just stayes under the brooder.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi! Can you give baby straight nutri drench? Dip it's beak into it and then watch it drink. This should boost its appetite. You could also do the same with raw yolk.

 

[Jenwehner]

I have a baby chick who was hatched a day later than the others and never started feeding on its own. It's now 5 days old and I have been syringe feeding it for the past 2 days but I can't do this forever. How do I get it to feed itself? I have tried putting the chick crumb on the floor and taped it with my finger but it just goes to get under something and sleep. I also tried some sugar water on day 3 but it just stayes under the brooder.

Has anything worked? I have a chick that I am having this issue with. He unfortunately lost an eye from being attacked right after hatching. He is strong and will eat and drink from a syringe. But this can’t go on forever!! Did you find anything that worked?

 

[agibb]

I fed her for 5 days every few hrs and then I needed to be out of the house for the day and so I left her to fend for herself and she started eating on her own. I'm not sure when I could have stopped feeding her but I mixed her food ground up with water and fed her that with some vitamin water. She is now a happy chicken and outside with the rest of them but is a little smaller than the others.