This afternoon I found one of my 24 day old Wyandottes lying down in the brooder in the middle of the day. I tapped on the box and she wouldn't get up. I took her out of the box and she didn't try to avoid getting taken out - barely responded and even her feet barely moved. I set her on the ground and she seemed unsteady at first, and eventually took a few paces but mostly stood there.
I got her to eat a couple of grub treats from my hand and got her to nibble some drops of Sav a Chick electrolytes. She had two normal looking poops while outside of the brooder.
She is comparable weight/size to the others and I hadn't noticed any excessive bullying etc. I haven't been able to find anything visually wrong with her - wounds, mites, pasty butt etc. She did eventually extended her wings while I picked her up later on. They all seemed fine this morning.
I placed her in a separate box and she hasn't moved, eaten or drank since.
They've been in cardboard boxes with pine shaving bedding with access to water and chick feed. They're inside a room in my house w temperature controls, and she was in a 80° spot in the brooder when I found her, temps ranging from 90° nearest the heat lamp to 70° farthest from it, with most of the brooder right around 80°.
Any thoughts what's happening here, and how to support her?
I got her to eat a couple of grub treats from my hand and got her to nibble some drops of Sav a Chick electrolytes. She had two normal looking poops while outside of the brooder.
She is comparable weight/size to the others and I hadn't noticed any excessive bullying etc. I haven't been able to find anything visually wrong with her - wounds, mites, pasty butt etc. She did eventually extended her wings while I picked her up later on. They all seemed fine this morning.
I placed her in a separate box and she hasn't moved, eaten or drank since.
They've been in cardboard boxes with pine shaving bedding with access to water and chick feed. They're inside a room in my house w temperature controls, and she was in a 80° spot in the brooder when I found her, temps ranging from 90° nearest the heat lamp to 70° farthest from it, with most of the brooder right around 80°.
Any thoughts what's happening here, and how to support her?