I have a baby that can't sit upright! (pics)

[Kittymomma]

If she was mine (remember NO actuall hatching experience here) I'd put some shelf liner or something down so the footing was better and then just leave her be as long as the others don't harrass her too much. Sure is a cutie!

 

[dianneS]

I moved them to the brooder and she's got paper towels under her now. She's not walking normally, but she's finally upright! No more laying flat on her back! She did have a giant green poopie though? I wonder what that was about? She just seems to be having a hard time getting her one leg underneath her now. That leg seems to be stretched out to the side all of the time and the toes curled up on that one.

 

[chicks4kids]

Maybe spraddle leg??

 

[dianneS]

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I'll have to look into that.

She's getting her legs underneath her better now, but her toes seem more curled than before!

 

[dianneS]

No, she doesn't fit the description of spraddle or splayed leg.

Now its just curled toes?

 

[chicks4kids]

I know I've seen threads where people use tape to straighten out their toes....I wish someone who has done that would post for ya'

 

[bantyshanty]

Your first picture of your chick, on her back, made her abdomen look swollen. As if she were a "mushy chick". In the second pic, lying on her belly, it wasn't apparent.

I had 3 "mushy" chicks in an early hatch, and they couldn't get upright. They'd fall on their backs. They also had cushion-bottoms & extra-plushy down from swelling all over.
They didn't want food or water for the first few days. Does her bottom feel heavy for her?
If she doesn't fit any of that description, she's probably not "mushy" --which means inflammation of the umbilicus with G.I. swelling.
If she has a little mushiness, it may pass in a few days. I have three beautiful hens who got through an extreme bout of "mushy" and are fine.
If you have a little water soluble antibiotic you know is specific to this type of disease, you could mix it with water & eyedrop it --if she's mushy.
Another of my mushies' symptoms was panting at the 95 F brooder temp, I guess from fever.

Sometimes they just have dark green poop at first... It might be digested yolk sac. It also might be a sign of fighting infection.
My mushies had this color poop when they finally pooped. I've had some who did it with no sign of problems.
It comes out grain-colored when they start eating grain.

Sometimes, they're just weak from coming out, especially if it took her longer.
If she's been out 36 hours & still can't stand up, then I'd start to worry. She may just need to rest it out her first day.
A little electrolyte mix --Pedialyte-- with water in an eyedropper might help her get her strength back.

Their toes are frequently curled up from their position in the egg & won't straighten out until they've been walking on them a few hours.

I hope this helps. I don't know a lot, but my mushy chick experience is vivid still & I want to help someone else through it if this is what you have.
Good luck!

 

[dianneS]

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I don't know if she fits the description of a mushy chick or not? She's not panting, I don't think her bottom feels heavy, but I'm not sure? She's only pooped green that one time. None of the chicks have taken any food or water yet, even the ones born the day before this one.

If she is mushy, I would say that she's only a "little" mushy. I'm glad to hear the ones with extreme bouts are fine now.

I put little band aid shoes on her feet to fix her toes and she's walking a lot better. She seems to be getting a lot stronger. Maybe she is just exhausted and weak and her position in the egg has her a little messed up?

I had a chick when I was a kid that my Dad had to deliver from the shell because the hen abandoned her nest. That chick couldn't walk right for some time, and I guess it was because he didn't have to push against the shell to hatch on his own? I'm surprised this one is having trouble, because she did hatch on her own, but it did take a long time, I thought I was going to have to help her out of the shell.

 

[bantyshanty]

A whole day has passed... sorry, I feel concerned for her! How is she now? Is she walking yet? Hope she's all right

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Update please