should i be worried?

[Dan Saiyan]

so i hatched two silkies yesterday and one seems to be doing fine (she's running out from under the heating plate and eating/drinking occasionally and she can walk just fine) but the other one is starting to make me a little nervous; she can walk, but she's wobbly, and she's a little smaller than the other. she also never leaves the heating plate and just moves around underneath it and sleeps a lot. i put her near the food to try and get her to eat but she wouldn't eat even when i tapped to show her how. she did drink water, though, when the other chick went over and drank some.

does she just need more time? they're only a day old, after all. i've never hatched chickens before so i don't know what to look out for!

 

[Kalimak]

Had a chick do that once. I got a pouch of Save-a-Chick from tractor supply and it worked wonders. You might wanna give it a shot.

 

[Dan Saiyan]

Had a chick do that once. I got a pouch of Save-a-Chick from tractor supply and it worked wonders. You might wanna give it a shot.

oh hey lucky for me i already have a few packs of that, i just forgot to put it in the water when i filled it up! thank you!

 

[Dan Saiyan]

UPDATE: i think i see that she has malformed feet??? :^( maybe that's why she's all wobbly...is she going to be okay? should i take her to the vet? she's drinking but still not eating...

 

[Coolbreeze89]

This is a great reference:

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[sourland]

Good luck with this chick.

 

[GrannyHeeney]

If they're crooked or curly, here's a previous thread that can help:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-curled-toes.616649/
They say the "tape boot" method works well. Holler if it helps!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

UPDATE: i think i see that she has malformed feet??? :^( maybe that's why she's all wobbly...is she going to be okay? should i take her to the vet? she's drinking but still not eating...

How is your chick?
Photos of the feet?

 

[Dan Saiyan]

How is your chick?
Photos of the feet?

i took her to the vet today just in case and they said i should try physical therapy for a week to straighten out her toes! they also said if its not fixed after that we might have to talk about amputating the toes :^( but im going to try the cardboard boot method and see if it helps!

no photos right now tho, my bad :'3

 

[Wyorp Rock]

i took her to the vet today just in case and they said i should try physical therapy for a week to straighten out her toes! they also said if its not fixed after that we might have to talk about amputating the toes :^( but im going to try the cardboard boot method and see if it helps!

no photos right now tho, my bad :'3

Wow!
Are the toes curled or crooked?
I would start giving a poultry vitamin that contains B2(Riboflavin) right away or you can crush 1/4 tablet human B-Complex and add that to her feed.

Curled toes, tape them flat:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1139759/curled-up-chick-toes
https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...-toes-are-all-curled-up-whats-wrong-H293.aspx

Crooked toes...usually that is genetic, incubation problem, etc. and can't be corrected. You can try since she is young, but crooked toes are most of the time considered a bone deformity. https://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/crooked-toes/