help

[graciesmum]

I have a lemon pekin, it is 2 weeks old, it isn't moving, I offered food and water but she. Didn't want any, I have only had her 3 hours and she hasn't moved, eaten or drank, I had ti place her on the heat pad, what should I be doing?????

 

[graciesmum]

Please anybody, she still won't eat or move

 

[graciesmum]

 

[Judy]

She may not have figured out how to eat or drink. They don't do well raised alone; they learn from their mama or each other. Try putting a drop of water with a dropper on the side of her beack to see if she will pull it into her mouth. Gently dip just the tip of her beak in water. Mix a tiny bit of food with a few drops of water so it is a mush, and put a bit of this on the tip of her beak. And keep trying. Good luck!

 

[graciesmum]

She isnt on her own, I picked up 2 polish with her, the three are together, I got her to drink but she wont eat or move????

 

[graciesmum]

She just sleeps

 

[Judy]

Do they have any heat? Maybe she is cold. At that age they need a heated brooder, around 33 to 35 C.

 

[graciesmum]

She is on a heat pad, it must be warm enough as the other two got off because it was to warm and moved and lay somewhere else, she just won't move

 

[graciesmum]

Ok I have managed to syringe feed and water lucky, and she is happiest snuggled in my top so fingers crossed peeps

 

[graciesmum]

Woohoo she is back to being a chicken, eating drinking and doing chicken things