Orpington a few days old not walking, "stargazing", getting worse

1realmom

In the Brooder
Mar 18, 2020
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Roberta, Georgia
For the last 24 hours my orpington chick, which came from tsc sat, started showing signs of torticollis yesterday. I've separated her and started giving her nutri dense. But as of this morning she still won't eat and is now not taking the nutri drench water. She is just laying there with her eyes closed. If I sit her up her head falls over. She's not walking or moving at all. The other chicks all seem to be doing very well. But the sick one's condition seems to be getting worse despite my treatment.
She did poop last night/this morning, which seemed normal. Although yesterday when she was more active it was runny.
I was 90% sure it was torticollis yesterday, but now I'm not so sure.
Any ideas or suggestions of more I can do?
 
I wish I could offer better news but your chick might not make it. I had this happen with a chick I got last year. Despite everything I did, she still passed away. One thing I did when she got to the point that yours is at now is I put her skin to skin on my chest and that seemed to bring her some comfort. I'm really sorry.
 
I wish I could offer better news but your chick might not make it. I had this happen with a chick I got last year. Despite everything I did, she still passed away. One thing I did when she got to the point that yours is at now is I put her skin to skin on my chest and that seemed to bring her some comfort. I'm really sorry.
I was afraid of that. Thank you for your response.
 

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