Runt silkie chick - how can I help him/her?

[Gilded Feather]

Oh yes! An update, of course!

As far as I can tell my little one has indeed put some weight on. We still have a long way to go to catch up size wise but other than that he/she has definitely perked up and is now jumping and flapping around like the others! You wouldn’t know it ever had a mild splay leg and so far the pasty butt seems to be doing better.

I’ve been giving scrambled eggs for extra protein and put sav-a-chick probiotics in their water. So hopefully this will really provide that extra much needed boost to help bridge the size gap so he/she doesn’t fall too far behind.

I will definitely try to remember to update some more and maybe even nab a few pics to post.

 

[spoiledchickie]

One of my silkies had fallen way behind the others in growth also. He seemed very sickly for the first two weeks. He was also the only one in the group who had reoccurring pasty butt that I had to really stay on top of. Luckily he pulled through and caught up very quickly in growth. He’s now the biggest in the group and a beautiful frizzled boy at three months old. I added rooster booster tho their water which seemed to slowly help with the pasty butt issue. I hope your girl starts to catch up also.

 

[Gilded Feather]

“Little Bit”, my runt silkie.

 

[Gilded Feather]

One of my silkies had fallen way behind the others in growth also. He seemed very sickly for the first two weeks. He was also the only one in the group who had reoccurring pasty butt that I had to really stay on top of. Luckily he pulled through and caught up very quickly in growth. He’s now the biggest in the group and a beautiful frizzled boy at three months old. I added rooster booster tho their water which seemed to slowly help with the pasty butt issue. I hope your girl starts to catch up also.

This sounds a lot like my little baby! Thankfully the pasty butt seems to finally be dying down. But thank you for sharing your experience! I’m glad your little one ended up being just fine. I have high hopes for my runt as I believe we’re finally over the hump and are on our way to growing up just like the others.