My chicken isn't eating or drinking

[TideHuntingInTheDeeper]

I have a 5 day old Delaware chick, her legs are badly crippled and she can scuffle across her soft pine shavings. But she won't eat or drink, past her yolk date.I have to dip her beak into the water for her to drink and I have to break the small feed in half for her to put it in her mouth.

We're probably going to end up keeping her since nobody would buy a crippled chicken and I was thinking about naming her Pandora- But only if she can live. We tried using bandaids as a sort of brace but it hardly worked and she's still struggling to move around.

What should I do?

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Can you post a pic of her legs to see if BYCers can give more specific suggestions on treatment approaches? I'd keep trying to get her to eat, including soft food like you've been doing, and possibly offering scrambled eggs..? Can you offer a liquid supplement, too, like Nutri-Drench? It may help if there are vitamin deficiencies.

Hang in there - she sounds like she has a strong will to live.

 

[TideHuntingInTheDeeper]

Thanks I looked and mixed her feed with water and a few drops of vitamin water. thank you!!