Sick chick

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post some photos or video of the chick and your brooder set-up?

 

[Borgia]

 

[Borgia]

I tried uploading video but it says the file is too large. I doubt you'll be able to tell much from the pic but I had to pick up the chick and move it to the waterer, when I did it drank fairly normally but than just lays its head on the waterer. It does chirp like it's healthy and energetic which give me some hope

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is the crop emptying overnight?

For video, the BYC upload does not work. You will have to upload to something like youtube or vimeo then provide us a link (sorry, forgot to tell you)

Are the legs splayed or swollen, can the chick walk normally at all?

 

[Borgia]

I don't use youtube except to watch videos. I did look up splayed leg and it sounds like that may be the issue. Assuming it is, is it too far gone to fix?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't use youtube except to watch videos. I did look up splayed leg and it sounds like that may be the issue. Assuming it is, is it too far gone to fix?

You can try fixing it, the younger the better. Sometimes, even if caught very early leg issues can't be corrected.
I would also add some B2 to the feed. For this little one I would crush 1/4tablet of human B-Complex (no iron) and mix it with the daily feed.
The following links are very help - chicken chick shows how to hobble a chick, the other is packed with info about various leg issues
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/spraddle-leg-in-baby-chicks-what-is-it/
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[Borgia]

thx. now that I'm looking at it I wonder if it's slipped tendon. I felt both knees but don't really feel a tendon.

 

[JanetMarie]

Leg problems in Cornish Cross is very common due to the way they have been bred to grow.

 

[kosborn1]

Hi there! I had the exact same issue with one of my easter eggers! After about 14 hours of having her, she was laying flat on her stomach looking pretty dead, not eating or drinking. No pasty butt, brooder was the right temp, she was the only one who was struggling!

This might sound a little crazy, but I actually hand fed/watered her every hour throughout the day when I could (got them on a weekend) and checked on her a few times during the night. Three weeks later, she is still clucking along! She's considerably smaller than the others, but she's just fine!

Here's a breakdown of my "treatment" based on suggestions from this forum and a few other sites:

-Just for reference, I started by just hand feeding her water with sugar because she was so incredibly weak. I then moved to a bit of raw egg, and then to the mash!

-hand fed her a "mash" of: chick feed, water, and a teeny bit of sugar, all mircrowaved to be warm. this worked very well, especially when the others got interested! She seemed to be more motivated to eat when others wanted it!

-liquid baby vitamins; I couldn't figure out how to get her to take them off my finger because she did NOT like the taste or something. My solution was to add them to the water for everyone in the hopes that she would get some!

-pedialyte! I put some on my finger and put it up to her beak. She tolerated this well and this usually gave her enough energy to eat the mash I made.

Many people told me that it was "failure to thrive" and that she wouldn't make it. I think that if you are diligent, you can turn things around!