Silkie chick trouble standing

Vernlumma

In the Brooder
Mar 18, 2019
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I have a newly hatched silkie chick, had a rough hatch was the last one, pipped under a broody hen and got pushed out from under her causing it to chill, I brought it inside and put in incubator it finished hatching with my help because I thought it was dead, no bleeding, but can't properly stand up. Any ideas to help it, I don't want to cull it if it's trying, which it drank some vitamin sugar water off a syringe, and it's pecking at things as I'm holding it. Pictures below show it kind of holding up the weaker leg. I can't upload the video even though I shortened it. Looks like one foot is curled a bit? From what I've read it doesn't seem like a tendon issue.
 

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I suggest you continue the warm sugar water and vitamins until the chicks finds strength to stand and walk. If there are no other issues, it should respond and will be running around in a short time.
 
So today it is much better! Still has one outside toe on right foot that is curled, but trying to put cardboard on it was stressful for it and I couldn't get it right on its tiny silkie feet, so I stopped. I've continued like you said with the vitamins and sugar water, added b vitamin as well. It has ground up food, can't keep water in the cage since falls a lot still. Just still gets ahead of itself sometimes and topples to the right, and is wobbly. But so much better. I feel bad now that it's alone. I'm hoping to get it strong enough to put under the broody hen, or maybe get another baby to put with it as I'm worried she will reject it since all eggs have hatched and it may be several more days.
 
Last night we also made a little sling to hold it upright where it could kick and push a little with feet, I think it helped too!
 
So the chick now is not eating or drinking on its own. It had trouble from the beginning since its balance was so off and it never really picked it up even with another chick with it. It still stumbles and can't have water bowl. I even ground the food to a powder. I'm dropper feeding it, but I know it's losing weight and not growing. The mixture I'm trying to feed is water a little sugar vitamins and I tried to add some of the powdered food hoping the nutrients would leach. I'm not sure if this is hopeless or if I should try baby food?
 

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