sick silkie chick.. help??

[mutt-chicks]

Ok.. so I'm new hear and I don't now were to post this at... :/ but I Have a 8 day old Silkie and its sick... yesterday morning I went out to feed and water them and it was just sitting there. When I picked it up it did not wiggle or peep... then later on I went out to check on it and it was laying and would not get up it had its eyes shut and would not open them... so we called the hatchery and they said to give it something with eletctro light in it.. so we called the mill they had a antibiotic called vetrex with it in it. I gave it some 3 times yesterday and when I went out in the evening it was getting better. it was walking around with the other chicks it was peeping. Then this morning I went out and it was still ok I got it to eat a little and it was drinking... I kept checking on it all day and then this evening it went down hill again... its got the same symptoms as before... so I gave it more vetrex and white I was holding it it started to stand again and it had its eyes oped and was looking around... but when i was hold it it was shaking not like a cold shake it was just shaking...so does anyone know what's wrong and if so how to cure it?? Thanks so much!!!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

This isn't something you want to hear but I got a Millie Fleur D'uccle and when it was four or five days old that night she seemed to be
really "tired" I thought. It laid there with its eyes shut like you said then the next morning she was like that too.
I made sure it was alive and it was. I went it a half and hour later and it wasn't breathing she was died

! Sometimes there isn't much you can do. I'm super,super sorry about that silkie chick there one of the best little chickies ever. Please tell what happens in the future

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. So sorry to hear about your chick. I hope it comes through OK.

 

[mutt-chicks]

Aww thanks for letting me know! And I will update on its condition!!

 

[mutt-chicks]

Thanks!!

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

Try posting in the Injuries and Diseases section of the forum, you will likely get more helpful answers - good luck with your chick

 

[mutt-chicks]

Ok thanks!!

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC

Good luck with your chick!

 

[liz9910]

from California! Hope your chick gets better.

 

[mutt-chicks]

Thanks everyone.. i checked on it this morning and its acting fine again... im reading more about its symptoms and hopefully it will come around