- Oct 27, 2012
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My one week old silkie chick is not doing well today. I went to the brooder to check them this morning and she was on her side with her feet going wild. She was chirping loudly. I picked her up and her head flopped to one side. She is in the brooder with 6- 2 week old chicks and 2 other 1 week old chicks, they have plenty of room to move around. I put them together on the advice of someone else when one was born with spraddle leg. It worked wonders for that one! Anyhow, I had iron free poly vi sol in the water. I know the silkies had learned to drink from the chicken fountain and I had seen her eating the night before. All day I have tried to get her beak open to feed her more vitamins or electrolytes and feed. I haven't been too successful. I have propped her up in a cup surrounded by papertowels to hold her head up but that lasts only a short while then she uses her legs to spring out. She does put her wings out but doesn't use them to balance. She cannot stand on her own she just pushes off with her legs. I then propped her up on a towel wrapped up in front of a heat source so I could see her, she keeps flopping onto the floor every chance she gets. I don't know if she was injured by another chick or if she has wry neck. I'm not sure what else to do for her. I don't want to lose her. I was given advice to give her duramycin but I cannot get her beak open far enough to get anything in. She's taken just drops placed on her beak. I took a video but it's blurry and I cannot upload it. I have kept her warm, in the brooder she was under the brinsea ecoglow. I do believe this is a chick that had a rough time getting out of its shell but she has looked fine up until this morning. I'd appreciate any advice.
