- Mar 16, 2010
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I have a Silkie chick that must be at least two weeks old. She was at least a week old when I got her at the farm stand. She and another chick in my group of 4 chicks had a bit of pasty butt that I remedied as soon as I saw it. The other chick is doing fine but the silkie took a turn for the worse and stopped walking. I moved her to a separate brooder - she is under a Brinsea Ecoglow. I have been offering her a mixture of cooked egg yolk mixed with water, a bit of nutridrench and pediatric electrolyte on a spoon every 1-2 hours roughly for the past 5 days. Today I mixed some nutritional yeast and ground up starter feed to the mix as well. She seems still weak but stable and eats when offered but wont really drink despite my offering water at every feeding. I am hoping there is enough liquid in my mash. The thing is despite 5 days of this I dont see any improvement in the strength of her legs. She uses her wings to push away from the food when she has had enough. She doesnt seem to react when I move her legs so I dont think she is in pain when I move them.
Any thoughts? Any suggestions on my treatments?
Any thoughts? Any suggestions on my treatments?
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