Single baby silkie born, she won't stand...

[Sunne73]

and her feet are curled in. She hatched yesterday, 1 of three eggs that made it. I am keeping her warm and she is will drink if I give it to her. She does get around by hobbling, but shouldn't she be standing by now? She also isn't eating, I threw some crumble and egg in with her and she is not touching it. She is my first home grown egg baby and I really don't want to lose her. Any suggestions?

 

[melodym78]

Have you ever taped their feet before? You may have to position the toes in the right formation then tape them in place. I use a cloth tape or bandaid works well too. I have had to do this with some chicks I got from the hatchery before..I had good results. The chicks can live for about 36 hours off the yolk which was absorbed before hatching. I hope it makes it...fingers crossed for you...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry//BRKRaisingChicks.html
scroll down

And here you might consider riboflavin deficiency:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/206930.htm

I hope these help.

 

[Sunne73]

Thank you so much, these websites were very helpful