Weak chick

[Ihavesomechickens]

I have six baby chicks which are all about three days old. One of my buff Orpingtons is acting very weak. He barely leaves the heating pad and keeps his eyes closed all the time. He is also lighter than the other chicks and won’t eat.

 

[rascal66]

Poor thing... Ive seen and sometimes deal with weak ones from time to time. You can try to offer a poultry nutridrench, or any of the save-a-chick electrolytes and vitamins. But otherwise im not very experienced to offer any other advice... Good luck, and sorry for this sometimes they're born weak, and can die very quickly. Hopefully someone with more experience will lend a word.

 

[rc4u]

put his beak in water with viniger. he will lift his head n swallow then repeat till he refuses, then again in half hr repeat.. i put 2-3 caps of cider viniger in a liter water bottle. 2 or third time could add little sugar

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

He died.
I tried Apple cider vinegar, egg yolk, yogurt, mashed up food, anything you could think of. Now I am trying to figure out how he died. His symptoms were lethargy, trouble eating and drinking, loss of balance towards the end, trouble keeping his head up towards the end, and trouble moving his wings. If anyone knows why he died that would be great so the other five will stay healthy.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Failure to thrive - possibly something was wrong internally or genetically with him. If your other chicks are active and eating, I wouldn't worry about them dying of the same reason.

 

[rascal66]

I'm sorry for your loss. Like the user above said, it could very easily have been genetic or internal issues at that age especially.