I have 1 sick chick and 1 dead chick! help!

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Feb 25, 2013
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I need a little advice. I have had chickens in the past but it has been a few years. 3 days ago I started my new flock of 16 chicks, purchased from a local farm store who gets their chicks from McMurray Hatchery. They were 2 days old when we got them. There was 1 Barred Rock who was wobbly from the start and died this evening. But I have a Buff Orp who has been running and pecking with all the rest until this evening. We set her apart, near the light, gave her her own water and she at least lifted her head after 2 hours. We read lots of advice and decided with what we had on hand, we could try to give her a little local honey mixed with water in a dropper. I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do, or even how much honey to give. She does not have pasty butt. Assuming she lives through the night, what should we do for her tomorrow?
 
Update: We just went out and checked on my little Buff. She had enough energy to be loud and cheeping even though everyone else was sound asleep. We syringe fed 2cc of water with a wiff of honey, which she took eagerly. She even had a little fight in her, if only for a second. Tomorrow morning we will make a slurry of chick feed, water, honey. We live in the country a bit, so I was going to head to town and get some electrolytes or poly-vi-sol to add to the slurry. Any other input?
 

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