Silkie stumbles backward and falls over

[Alicrawf914]

I'm sorry she's not improving.
I think you are doing what you can for her.
The only thing I see you mention is that her crop always has some stuff in it - is her crop empty in the morning before she eats/drinks?

Her crop was empty this morning. I will check again tomorrow morning to make sure.

 

[Docdetective]

How is she doing?

 

[Alicrawf914]

How is she doing?

She is still going. She w9n't eat on her own, but she swallows good if I put it in her mouth. She is sleeping a lot.

 

[Docdetective]

She is still going. She w9n't eat on her own, but she swallows good if I put it in her mouth. She is sleeping a lot.

I’m glad to hear she’s is still hanging on.

 

[Alicrawf914]

I’m glad to hear she’s is still hanging on.

She likes being in her little towel nest

 

[Docdetective]

Aww poor baby. Hopefully she just needs lots of sleep!

I will say when my chick got flystrike I gave him a warm bath to remove the maggots and he went into a coma like state for awhile. I really thought he was going to die, but after awhile he woke up. He had a towel nest too and still likes to be wrapped in one.

Him hanging out with me in the evening

 

[Alicrawf914]

I just noticed last night that it looks like she has scaly leg mites. Could this be causing her behavior, or is it just something else on top of whatever else is wrong with her?

 

[Docdetective]

I just noticed last night that it looks like she has scaly leg mites. Could this be causing her behavior, or is it just something else on top of whatever else is wrong with her?

I don’t know much about them, but this article is pretty informative and has good pictures.
https://the-chicken-chick.com/scaly-leg-mites-in-chickens/

 

[Alicrawf914]

I have started tube feeding her to make sure she is getting enough nuteition. Does anyone know how much I should give her a day? She is a silkie about 21 weeks old.

 

[Docdetective]

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help with the tube feeding, I have no idea how much she would need. How is she doing?