Help with two sick 3 week old chicks

[Dutchmen1122]

Help with two sick 3 week old chicks they will not stand up I brought them to water and feed and they did eat but I don't know if that we do mutch. I thought it might be splade legs but the are on wood chips beeding. Any help out there this forum really helped out with great info last time I had problems.

 

[countrygirl74]

Can you share some more information that might help us?

What kind of wood chips?
What's the temperature?
What are they currently eating/drinking?
How old are they?
Were they shipped chicks?
Any supplements given?

 

[Dutchmen1122]

What kind of wood chips? Pine
What's the temperature? 90
What are they currently eating/drinking? chick crummble/ water 1 tablespoon applecider viniger with the mother 2 tablespoon suger per Gal.
How old are they? 3 week old
Were they shipped chicks? Hoover's
Any supplements given?

 

[countrygirl74]

Okay, pine is good. Is it kiln-dried? I would definitely lower the temp to closer to 75-80. Try cutting out the sugar and do some vitamins. You can get an infant vitamin called Poly-Vi-Sol. It's a liquid dropper vitamin. Don't get the one with added iron. You can add to the water (.5ml per quart) or drop 3-4 drops to their beak per individual chick. Don't force their beak open - just see if they will swallow some of it by you dropping the liquid at the edge or sides of the beak. Hopefully it's just a vitamin deficiency.

 

[Dutchmen1122]

Thanks for the info

one is up and around.
one I am going to put a splint on its toes.
one I am going to hobble with tap

I also moved some of the bigger chicks to a second brooder and move some smaller ones from the second brooder to the first making more room for everyone. I am almost finished with a ohio brooder for the 8x8 coop that way I can work with my runts and get the flock to their coop and then the new run I have on the way.