Should I quarantine Silkie chick?

[JK93]

The Eco Glow Brooder should be sufficient for her to warm up.
Chicks warm their backs, she probably does not need to heating pad on the floor.

Let the rest of the brooder be room temp.

Give the E and B-Complex once daily. You can still give 2-3 drops of the PND if you wish to help with selenium or you can give her soft cooked egg daily. Me, I prefer giving egg.
Wet feed.

I'd give plain fresh water.

She may be pasting because it's too warm. Sometimes pasting can be from other things.
I do agree, if she can have a buddy, it's beneficial.

I'd put a friend in with her. Although your trying your best, it's a slippery slope when you separate them from their mates. Another possibility is wry neck since when she tilts her head back after a drink, seems out of sorts. As long as she isn't contagious, Imo separating them from contact with other chicks makes them worse as the lack of interaction they get from hatch mates stresses them out.

Not all Silkies have Vaulted skulls.

The video shows what seems is neurological, from like a possible head bumping during shipping.

Will do! Just got back from the store with the vitamins and coconut oil! I had another one in with her a d'uccle and that bird was pecking at her face and obsessively chasing her and pecking food out of her mouth. Giving her yolk and nutridrench ended up with it getting really stuck and hard on her down around her face so now the other birds want to peck the sticky down and rip it off her since I'm not able to get it all off around her beak. The other chicks have been brutal to her and now I'm worried about her head being damaged from the other chicks pecking at her while she was in the original brooder since they pecked at her crest and ripped down off the top so I'm wondering if this is also a injury/neurological. I have a mirror in her brooder but I can look into integrating the other silkie but that one is nearly triple her size at this point and when I put her with the small silkie she pushes under her so she can't get food or water they all seem to do that to the sickly silkie. Should I buy another clear plastic bin and put them next to eachother so they can all see eachother but be seperate or try my luck putting another chick in with her?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you have another chick the same size as her? If not, then I'd put her near them.

Hopefully the vitamins help and she'll catch up in growth.

Keep us posted.

 

[JK93]

Do you have another chick the same size as her? If not, then I'd put her near them.

Hopefully the vitamins help and she'll catch up in growth.

Keep us posted.

I genuinely believe she has water on the brain. She has begun screaming and pecking / pulling on her own feet and wings. I have her in a normal temp range, no pasting all day but she moves her beak like she's chirping but nothing comes out. I've had her with the other birds all day in a big play, she eats and drinks and can run under the brooder fine but behaviorally she'd rather be attacking herself. Feed is dumor 20% starter/grower so I know it's not a protein issue and probably neurological. Are the online chick vets any good? I have no idea how to properly administer these vitamins and get her to get them all down and from what I read she probably needs an injection daily.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I genuinely believe she has water on the brain. She has begun screaming and pecking / pulling on her own feet and wings. I have her in a normal temp range, no pasting all day but she moves her beak like she's chirping but nothing comes out. I've had her with the other birds all day in a big play, she eats and drinks and can run under the brooder fine but behaviorally she'd rather be attacking herself. Feed is dumor 20% starter/grower so I know it's not a protein issue and probably neurological. Are the online chick vets any good? I have no idea how to properly administer these vitamins and get her to get them all down and from what I read she probably needs an injection daily.

That poor thing... If's she's eating, you might be able to give the vitamins in a very small amount of mash. Maybe. Injections would def be better.

Idk about online vets. I don't have any experience with them. You may have already addressed this, but you have no vets nearby? I didn't think I did, but I started calling around, and vets in my area were able to suggest other vets in my area, and eventually I found a couple.

 

[JK93]

That poor thing... If's she's eating, you might be able to give the vitamins in a very small amount of mash. Maybe. Injections would def be better.

Idk about online vets. I don't have any experience with them. You may have already addressed this, but you have no vets nearby? I didn't think I did, but I started calling around, and vets in my area were able to suggest other vets in my area, and eventually I found a couple.

She despises the mash already haha. I bought a small syringe I put tiny drops on her beak with and in-between screams she gets some of it down. It's traumatic I'm on vacation from work and I spend from 7am to 7pm with her making sure she's eating and drinking and pooping and giving her vitamins. She isn't growing so she's looking almost scrunched up compared to the other birds. I think genetically I just got a bad bird, Im shocked she's made it to the 8 day mark. I've read some bad reviews now that I have her on MPC indicating issues with their black silkies.

I've called a few and will try again in the morning the only possible one so far which was closed when I called so I'm not even 100% is 2 hours from me and I'm not sure she'd even make the trip since that's more trauma on this sweet poor baby. Fingers crossed I find one that's closer.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Keep the fluids and vitamins going.

Check her out to make sure she doesn't have a hair wrapped around her somewhere.

@MysteryChicken thoughts?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Keep the fluids and vitamins going.

Check her out to make sure she doesn't have a hair wrapped around her somewhere.

@MysteryChicken thoughts?

I think the vitamins is a good route, though I haven't dealt with this exact situation.

 

[SmiYa0126]

She despises the mash already haha. I bought a small syringe I put tiny drops on her beak with and in-between screams she gets some of it down. It's traumatic I'm on vacation from work and I spend from 7am to 7pm with her making sure she's eating and drinking and pooping and giving her vitamins. She isn't growing so she's looking almost scrunched up compared to the other birds. I think genetically I just got a bad bird, Im shocked she's made it to the 8 day mark. I've read some bad reviews now that I have her on MPC indicating issues with their black silkies.

I've called a few and will try again in the morning the only possible one so far which was closed when I called so I'm not even 100% is 2 hours from me and I'm not sure she'd even make the trip since that's more trauma on this sweet poor baby. Fingers crossed I find one that's closer.

Yes, it takes a long time to feed a chick. You're doing a great job!

 

[JK93]

Keep the fluids and vitamins going.

Check her out to make sure she doesn't have a hair wrapped around her somewhere.

@MysteryChicken thoughts?

I think the vitamins is a good route, though I haven't dealt with this exact situation.

Yes, it takes a long time to feed a chick. You're doing a great job!

Im super thankful for all the advice everyone gave me, I have a silkie breeder 5 minutes from me and bought two 7 day old silkies to keep my Sweet Pea company. I think having the new buddies with her that were mellow and her own breed helped her relax and stop fighting so hard and she passed away. I'm surprised she made it 9 days but a half hour before she passed she could no longer chirp and had labored breathing, I tried my best. This has been an incredibly difficult journey I was not expecting for my first time owning chickens. Again thank you for all the help and advice she definitely would not have made it 9 days without it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Im super thankful for all the advice everyone gave me, I have a silkie breeder 5 minutes from me and bought two 7 day old silkies to keep my Sweet Pea company. I think having the new buddies with her that were mellow and her own breed helped her relax and stop fighting so hard and she passed away. I'm surprised she made it 9 days but a half hour before she passed she could no longer chirp and had labored breathing, I tried my best. This has been an incredibly difficult journey I was not expecting for my first time owning chickens. Again thank you for all the help and advice she definitely would not have made it 9 days without it.

You're welcome.

We can't save them all, unfortunately.