Somone, please answer my questions! :(((

[satay]

Yes he looks about ready for the brooder now. So glad to see he is doing better. I can't help you on the amount of electrolytes to use as i work in grams and kilos rather than oz etc. Have a friend on face book who is a U.S BYC member i will ask her to tell you the quanities.

 

[debilorrah]

Ok, I read the whole thing, and you need to go get some OMG THE NAME ESCAPES ME!!! ACK!!! Gatorade, a teaspoon at a time til my brain decides to work.

Polyvisol. Without iron. Whoa that was hard on my head. A few drops in a few tablespoons of water is good. Don't put it in the brooder til he can stand.

 

[ScissorChick]

He's standing (only on his 'elbows'), but when he tries to walk, he tumbles.

Hes in the brooder now, do I need to put him back in the incubator?

 

[debilorrah]

No not the bator, but he needs to be in an area where he won't be trampled on.

 

[ScissorChick]

Hes the only chick that tried to even hatch, so he wont be trampled.

Where do I get polyvisol vitamens? Grocery store?

 

[Suechick]

Hi Scissor chick

Whew, what an ordeal you've been through!!

If you only have one chick it is fine to have it in the brooder. It is when there are many chicks that you want to isolate a weaker chick, just to protect it from being pecked by the others. In your case this is not an issue.

If it is still unable to walk it may have splayed leg issues from the way it hatched. I helped one out from my first hatch that had been shrink wrapped. I ended up taking it completely out of the shell. What I didn't know is that the last step, after zipping, is when it literally climbs out of the shell. This is important because of the way the chick develops. When it is ready to hatch, its legs are not in their sockets at the hips. The process of pushing and climbing out of the shell puts the legs in their proper place in the skeletal structure. When they are helped out and skip this step you have to do other stuff to get the legs in the right place. (In the future, this can be avoided by zipping the shell for the chick and then peeling the top membrane off but leaving the bottom of the chick in the shell)

Anyway, there is a lot of good information about how to help a chick with splayed leg. The one I had recovered just fine. She grew a little slower than the others but is now a full grown spectacularly beautiful hen. The first couple weeks were tough, but she's fine now. She limps a little but shows no other sign of weakness.

I'll look for those threads/info about splayed leg for you and post back.

 

[debilorrah]

Quote:
Grocery, rite-aid, cvs, drug store.

 

[ScissorChick]

Should I try the band-aid method for fixing splayed legs?

His legs don't look splayed. How did you fix your chick's legs

suechick?

 

[Suechick]

This thread has links to some really helpful info

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=41693

With my little gal, I used a band aid splint. Cut a band aid in half lengthwise and wrapped it around both legs to hold them close together. She couldn't walk hardly at all so I hand fed her several times per day for 3 or 4 days. I was afraid she would drown trying to drink so I fed her chick food moistened with water so it was the consistency of thick oatmeal. This way she got fluid and food at the same time. She hated the splint but it worked wonders.

good luck with your special little chick.

 

[ScissorChick]

Alright. I'll try the band-aid method.

Do I need to wait till hes stronger, or do you think he's got enough

strength? He kicks and flips like crazy. And he sleeps alot more

than chicks normally do.