Sick Chick!

[chickensducks&agoose]

My order from ideal came in today, and one of my Silver Laced Wyandottes came sort of funny... she's falling over a lot, and won't eat or drink... i eye-droppered her some sugar water, and a bit of gro-gel water (really, really dilute grogel), and she threw up all the water and some white stuff... she won't eat anything, she was shipped/hatched yesterday..... help?

 

[debakadeb]

You may want to separate her from the others and put down a small dish of food and water for her. It sounds as if she may not make it but you also don't want the other chicks to run her over. Separating her will give her a chance to gain some strength. I hope she improves. A little molassas in their water sometimes helps.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I'll try that... thanks, what do you think could be wrong with her? All the other chicks from Ideal were perky, adorable, and ready to eat a horse! She WAS getting run over, so I put her and one of her siblings in a separate box, so she wouldn't get too lonely...

 

[debakadeb]

I don't know..sometimes they just don't make it through the shipping. I lost a couple with my shipment. One simply had no energy and didn't make it more than a couple of hours. Another was a lot smaller than the rest. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that something was wrong so didn't get that one separated.

I hope your chick gets stronger with the TLC.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

So I just ordered my 1rst Ideal chicks and was wondering if the date you select is the date they get delivered or the day they hatch?

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

call the office girl Michaela... she's super nice and helpful.

 

[sammi]

you might try giving the chick some vitamins..
either Poly-vi-sol liquid baby vitamins, Enfamil brand if possible, no iron..2 drops on beak once a day for a week.
or chick vitamins in water..give by drops on beak if necessary.
I think they do a better when they get some vitamins, JMHO.