I have a 3-4 day old RIR chick that isn't doing very well. She (will call her this because that's what she's supposed to be...just just to avoid saying IT) had a pasty butt a couple times, which I cleaned off, and she pooped immediately afterwards.... and doesn't have any this morning...but she's also not eating. I have been keeping a close eye on the chicks (15 of them) so I don't think she was pasted up for very long. She's the only one not lively and tearing the brooder apart with her antics. She's just existing. Last night she wouldn't lay down. She'd just stand there with her head drooped. She'd raise it when bumped into, then lower it again. When I go in, they all scatter. Not her.
Anyway.... everyone else is fine, the temp is at 95, and everyone scatters about to play, eat and sleep (no one piled under the lamp). I have been dipping her beak in the water (with vitamins and electrolytes in it) to try to keep her drinking, which she does raise her head after I dip it. The other chicks seem to be bothering her, so I found a tiny box, put some shavings in it, and put her in it, in teh brooder, just to keep her safe. But I think I'm going to lose her.
Am I doing the right things, the wrong things? Is there something I could be doing that I'm not?
Angie
Anyway.... everyone else is fine, the temp is at 95, and everyone scatters about to play, eat and sleep (no one piled under the lamp). I have been dipping her beak in the water (with vitamins and electrolytes in it) to try to keep her drinking, which she does raise her head after I dip it. The other chicks seem to be bothering her, so I found a tiny box, put some shavings in it, and put her in it, in teh brooder, just to keep her safe. But I think I'm going to lose her.
Am I doing the right things, the wrong things? Is there something I could be doing that I'm not?
Angie