Limping month old silkie chick

[GobblesTheChick]

First of all, I wanna start by saying thank you to BYC for saving my baby chick with wry neck. Holy goodness he’s pulled through and is feistier than ever! But now I return with another issue. idk what do. Our little black silkie I think was injured by his fellow chicks. We were so worried about our wry necked little one that we didn’t realize that he probably should have been removed from general chicken public. We got 3 black ones and they’re all really small compared to our other silkies but those black ones are doing fine. But this one is still so small and I think she got trampled on. She’s unfortunately limping now. She’s can somewhat stand on it, I’ve even seen her full stand on it to try and itch her head with her good leg. She then falls over and meeps in pain while trying. I’ve been syringe watering her and spoon feeding so she won’t move much. I’ve tried to search BYC for advice but could find very little on it. I’m curious if these little birds can have some sort of pain reliever. I had heard 3 aspirin in a gallon of water and using that as a pain relief. But I’ve heard so many mixed reviews on it that I’m too worried to give her any. Is there anything I can do to help her?

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi, I would take that little silkie out from the rest, but bring a friend, maybe all three since they are the smallest ones.

It should be okay. I would give them all a dose of Poultry Cell or Nutri-Drench or if you have any B-Complex, crush one pill and take just a small pinch of that to feed to them. This will help them all in many ways, but for the limping one, it'll help it heal a bit faster.

You could make them some mash by putting water in with the crumbles. We use a plastic peanut butter jar lid for little ones. I'd sit this right in front of your limping one so it doesn't have to move around as much.

 

[GobblesTheChick]

Hi, I would take that little silkie out from the rest, but bring a friend, maybe all three since they are the smallest ones.

It should be okay. I would give them all a dose of Poultry Cell or Nutri-Drench or if you have any B-Complex, crush one pill and take just a small pinch of that to feed to them. This will help them all in many ways, but for the limping one, it'll help it heal a bit faster.

You could make them some mash by putting water in with the crumbles. We use a plastic peanut butter jar lid for little ones. I'd sit this right in front of your limping one so it doesn't have to move around as much.

Thank you so much! This is basically all what we have been doing. All the vitamins and even got some other chicks with her so she’s not alone, yet still separated. She does seem to be having issues eating and drinking. She’s eats and drinks, but it’s gotta be put in her face, otherwise she doesn’t show much interest, on top of having some heavy breathing at times. I am assuming because she’s in so much pain. So I’m constantly checking on her and making sure she’s eating and drinking. Even tho she won’t drink and eat much I guess some is better than non.

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you so much! This is basically all what we have been doing. All the vitamins and even got some other chicks with her so she’s not alone, yet still separated. She does seem to be having issues eating and drinking. She’s eats and drinks, but it’s gotta be put in her face, otherwise she doesn’t show much interest, on top of having some heavy breathing at times. I am assuming because she’s in so much pain. So I’m constantly checking on her and making sure she’s eating and drinking. Even tho she won’t drink and eat much I guess some is better than non.

Does she happen to have splayed legs or are her legs situated properly, just she got trampled by one and injured it?

 

[GobblesTheChick]

Hi, I would take that little silkie out from the rest, but bring a friend, maybe all three since they are the smallest ones.

It should be okay. I would give them all a dose of Poultry Cell or Nutri-Drench or if you have any B-Complex, crush one pill and take just a small pinch of that to feed to them. This will help them all in many ways, but for the limping one, it'll help it heal a bit faster.

You could make them some mash by putting water in with the crumbles. We use a plastic peanut butter jar lid for little ones. I'd sit this right in front of your limping one so it doesn't have to move around as much.

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Does she happen to have splayed legs or are her legs situated properly, just she got trampled by one and injured it?

I never saw any signs of splay legs. I think what happened is the other chicks just grew like weeds. Our little grey ones are so big. Feels like they grew over night. The black ones were smaller even when they fist showed up but they are thriving. My hunch is, she got hurt and wasn’t able to eat as well and why she’s stay much smaller, even smaller than the other black ones. Our wry neck one has even surpassed her in size and he was tiny too. All I know is when we saw her, she was laying on her side and being stepped on by others. We immediately removed her when we noticed. Her size alone should have warranted us removing her , but we weren’t paying close enough attention Plus, I can tell she’s in pain. Not sure if splay leg causes that. But I can tell it’s her left leg bothering her.

Edit: she’s panting real hard this morning and not interested in eating or drinking. I’m thinking she’s may need to be put down. I just am not sure what to do at this point but she looks absolutely miserable

 

[Debbie292d]

We can't give baby chicks aspirin, as it's nearly impossible to dose it, and it can be fatal to a baby chick such as yours. There is a dosage for adults but I would never attempt to even try as it's very hard on them and would cause more damage than help.

You could try giving it electrolytes by dropping drops of it on the side of its beak. If you don't have any, you can google recipes or here's one I've used. For the substitutions, I used honey and vinegar, but put less of that in there for chicks.

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 teaspoons honey OR molasses OR granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda OR 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

This could perk it up a little bit and maybe it'd eat. I'd have wet crumbles for it with a few drops of vitamins mixed in.

 

[GobblesTheChick]

We can't give baby chicks aspirin, as it's nearly impossible to dose it, and it can be fatal to a baby chick such as yours. There is a dosage for adults but I would never attempt to even try as it's very hard on them and would cause more damage than help.

You could try giving it electrolytes by dropping drops of it on the side of its beak. If you don't have any, you can google recipes or here's one I've used. For the substitutions, I used honey and vinegar, but put less of that in there for chicks.

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 teaspoons honey OR molasses OR granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda OR 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

This could perk it up a little bit and maybe it'd eat. I'd have wet crumbles for it with a few drops of vitamins mixed in.

Thank you so much, Debbie. I will give this a shot. She seems to be acting a bit better since this morning and is eating. Problem is, she absolutely refuses to drink out of a bowl of any kind. Even got her a little ¼ teaspoon of water and she physically gets up to avoid it. She does drink from the syringe but afraid it may not be enough. No diarrhea, but her poos are coming out all white which google said could be a sign of dehydration. Hopefully she pulls through. Again, I can’t thank you enough for your help. I never knew I could grow so attached to chickens but here we are.