- Jun 1, 2013
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We had our very first hatch this yesterday and finished off this morning with our final chick. We had to leave for the day and just came home, to find this one chick in the corner of the brood box, away from the light, off balance and weak. He seems a bit "bottom heavy" and can't stay on his belly. Instead, he flops over backwards. His yolk sack isn't visible, but I wonder if it didn't absorb enough before he hatched out, and that's what's making him bottom heavy?
We used a pipette to give him some water, which he did drink, and we've isolated him in the brood box (we used a cool whip container, cutting the bottom off to make it into a ring, which we have him inside of, so the other chicks can't trample him).
Is there anything we can do for him to save him?
We used a pipette to give him some water, which he did drink, and we've isolated him in the brood box (we used a cool whip container, cutting the bottom off to make it into a ring, which we have him inside of, so the other chicks can't trample him).
Is there anything we can do for him to save him?
