Should I quarantine Silkie chick?

[JK93]

Can you keep give her a little bit of her crumble with olive oil or coconut oil, also keep giving her nutri drench, or crush a b complex human vitamin in a little bit of water.

Will do, thank you for the advice! I have her alone right now as the d'uccle was attempting to crawl under her as she ate and pecking crumble out of her mouth obsessively for some reason. This is the first time I was able to remove the d'uccle without her losing her mind although she still looks for her and chirps on and off but it sounds weak. She is sleeping a lot under the heat plate and I've added a heating pad underneath so she is warm from the floor and the plate which I have coming in at at 95-100, anything lower and she screams even though she's 7 days old now. I have her drinking hydrohen since this morning and for the last 2 hours she's not walking backwards but still unstable and seems weak. She wakes up and comes out slowly and although she has little energy and does not run around she is coming out to eat and drink every half hour. She has very tiny poops every half hour as well when she comes out that although tiny have urea and look solid and healthy. Very strange I will give her nutridrench tonight as the olive oil and hydrohen seem to have helped a lot and I want to avoid traumatizing her again for at least a few hours haha..

 

[SmiYa0126]

Will do, thank you for the advice! I have her alone right now as the d'uccle was attempting to crawl under her as she ate and pecking crumble out of her mouth obsessively for some reason. This is the first time I was able to remove the d'uccle without her losing her mind although she still looks for her and chirps on and off but it sounds weak. She is sleeping a lot under the heat plate and I've added a heating pad underneath so she is warm from the floor and the plate which I have coming in at at 95-100, anything lower and she screams even though she's 7 days old now. I have her drinking hydrohen since this morning and for the last 2 hours she's not walking backwards but still unstable and seems weak. She wakes up and comes out slowly and although she has little energy and does not run around she is coming out to eat and drink every half hour. She has very tiny poops every half hour as well when she comes out that although tiny have urea and look solid and healthy. Very strange I will give her nutridrench tonight as the olive oil and hydrohen seem to have helped a lot and I want to avoid traumatizing her again for at least a few hours haha..

You're doing great! I like your plan! She may just have had a rough time in shipping. I'm so glad you're talking such good care of her

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She did have a small poop with urea but is still not acting normally. I washed her face off since she's been sticky from the nutridrench and I noticed the top of her head is almost bubbled up like a big bump on her skull. I'm new to chicks and not sure if this is normal or if there's more to why she's not doing well?

She is sleeping a lot under the heat plate and I've added a heating pad underneath so she is warm from the floor and the plate which I have coming in at at 95-100, anything lower and she screams even though she's 7 days old now. I have her drinking hydrohen since this morning and for the last 2 hours she's not walking backwards but still unstable and seems weak.

I'd give her wet feed with a little coconut.

Get some vitamins into her.

400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 B-Complex tablet. The PND does not contain enough E. HydroHen is electrolytes.

Wet feed because she's probably not drinking enough and it's easier to eat wet feed. Vaulted Skull birds seem to have trouble with water on the brain sometimes and wet feed is one of the fixes.
E and B-Complex, same thing, Silkies seem to be prone to neurological and balance issues. These support the nervous system.

Coconut oil, to help her go.

That's a lot of heat. Take care she's not overheating.

 

[Aunt Angus]

My Polish and one of my EE were in similar shape after shipping, though not constipated. I lost the EE despite all of my best efforts. And it took me a good 2 weeks of very soupy mash and b complex every hour or so to bring the Polish around. What a roller coaster ride that was! I am very sorry you are going through this.

 

[SmiYa0126]

You can get both of those vitamins at your local pharmacy or Wal Mart/ target

 

[JK93]

I'd give her wet feed with a little coconut.

Get some vitamins into her.

400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 B-Complex tablet. The PND does not contain enough E. HydroHen is electrolytes.

Wet feed because she's probably not drinking enough and it's easier to eat wet feed. Vaulted Skull birds seem to have trouble with water on the brain sometimes and wet feed is one of the fixes.
E and B-Complex, same thing, Silkies seem to be prone to neurological and balance issues. These support the nervous system.

Coconut oil, to help her go.

That's a lot of heat. Take care she's not overheating.

I'd give her wet feed with a little coconut.

Get some vitamins into her.

400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 B-Complex tablet. The PND does not contain enough E. HydroHen is electrolytes.

Wet feed because she's probably not drinking enough and it's easier to eat wet feed. Vaulted Skull birds seem to have trouble with water on the brain sometimes and wet feed is one of the fixes.
E and B-Complex, same thing, Silkies seem to be prone to neurological and balance issues. These support the nervous system.

Coconut oil, to help her go.

That's a lot of heat. Take care she's not overheating.

What should her temp be at? Should I switch to a lamp? I have the eco glow brooder. She's pasty again, I'm cleaning her up and running to the store for coconut oil and those vitamins, how often/much do I give them? Should I keep giving PND and how often? Should I stay with hydrohen in water or switch to perdue arrive probiotics or just do plain water?

 

[ValarieF]

Hello! Can you give her nutri drench and raw yolk? She needs some high energy nutrition. You can dip your finger into it and put it into her beak so she can drink it.

Do it very slow so she doesn't aspirate.

this

 

[MysteryChicken]

It's just a vaulted skull it looks exactly like what other silkies have, False alarm. What did you think from the videos? Have you seen anything before with chicks that resembles that?

Not all Silkies have Vaulted skulls.

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

 

[bhaugh]

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.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What should her temp be at? Should I switch to a lamp? I have the eco glow brooder. She's pasty again, I'm cleaning her up and running to the store for coconut oil and those vitamins, how often/much do I give them? Should I keep giving PND and how often? Should I stay with hydrohen in water or switch to perdue arrive probiotics or just do plain water?

She is sleeping a lot under the heat plate and I've added a heating pad underneath so she is warm from the floor and the plate which I have coming in at at 95-100, anything lower and she screams even though she's 7 days old now.

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.