I don't know what to do...

[SunnySideUp2026]

I've been posting yesterday about my chick Cocoa—you might remember me from https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/weak-chick-please-help.1687109/. So I woke up this morning, and went over to the brooder room. My mom was there, holding Cocoa and a few scraps of egg. Apparently she had a brush with death last night. She hasn't grown at all—in fact, her wings grew and she didn't. Is this FTT? What should I do? Feed: chick crumble starter. Bedding: hemp and paper towels. Heat source: heat plate and a radiator, since our nights still get cold. She's about 11-12 days old, and the smallest and weakest of the five we have. Any advice is really appreciated.
P.S. She started peeping to go back to her sisters. I set her down gently. She fell over forwards, and couldn't get up on her own

 

[jonasquinn]

I'm no expert, but I've been having a similar experience with one of my chicks. When it hatched, it could barely stand up or walk more than a couple steps, and had its eyes closed most of the time. It wasn't eating or drinking anything. There were many times I saw it lying on its side looking dead.

I ended up force feeding it wet starter crumble several times a day for a few days. Sometimes I added some sugar to the mix, sometimes a little apple cider vinegar, sometimes a bit of vitamin b complex powder.

I'd make a small ball of the crumble mix, put on my finger, open it's beak with my other hand/fingers and push it in as far as I could. Then I'd dip her beak in water to help her get it down easier. Once I could see no food in it's mouth, I repeated this until it's crop was the size of a small grape.

Day by day, it slowly got stronger. It started standing more, had more balance, and started walking around a little bit.

It's a week old now and still half the size of it's hatchmates. But today, was the first time she was able to run around and follow mum and the other chicks all day.