Starved Chick?

[CarolB865]

I just brought this chick home yesterday, supposed to be about 4 weeks old and an Ameraucana from a local breeder on Craigslist.

Obviously the chick had not been handled much as it was terrified of me at first. Once it realized I wasn't going to hurt her, she settled down. I picked her up, flipped her over on her back and saw her breast bone prominently sticking out. I'm assuming she was starving? I honestly don't know but she's separated with her 2 other chicks that I bought with her with plenty of access to feed, water and a heat lamp at night.

My question is, in seeing the picture's I included, have I assumed correctly? If not, what may be wrong and what more can I do for this poor thing?

 

[Poultry parent]

she is skinny for her age, you can feed her some cooked egg, and make sure she is eating and drinking, and that her poop looks normal

 

[Poultry parent]

if she is acting normal that it's probably just that she is skinny and not sick

 

[CarolB865]

She's acting normal other than extremely skittish and her poops look normal as well. I'm thinking this is akin to raising kids, discussing their poops! I'll try scrambling an egg for her to see what she thinks!

 

[Donna R Raybon]

Because you don't know about coccidia and internal/external parasites I would TX for coccidia and deworm. Stress of being moved and underfed could really wreck havoc on immune system. Glad you rescued the poor baby.

 

[chickens really]

I feed Sonny boy cereal cooked to my chicks with corn plus the regular chick starter.
I would not worry about worms in the chick.
Give them all a couple of days of the cooked cereal, Grit, and regular starter food. You will see it fill out .