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What can I do to fatten up a chick whose yolk burst during hatching?

Nikidust

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Sep 28, 2021
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I hatched out some chicks 3 days ago and one of them had a ruptured yolk sack during hatching. She's spunky and seems ok except she's half the weight of the other chicks of her breed, and is very skinny.

Is there anything I can give her to give her a boost in the weight department? She's eating chick grower/starter crumbles like the others, and I nutridrench in the waterer. She's spunky, I just want to give her a fighting chance.

Pictures of one of the normal chicks and her for comparison. The normal chicks are about 40 grams and she's 19.
 

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I would mainline the Nutri-drench, a couple undiluted drops into her beak twice a day. There's no equal to raw egg yolk for such a chick. Easy to consume and easy to digest. Later, you can graduate her to crumbled tofu with Nutri-drench sprinkled over it.
 
I would mainline the Nutri-drench, a couple undiluted drops into her beak twice a day. There's no equal to raw egg yolk for such a chick. Easy to consume and easy to digest. Later, you can graduate her to crumbled tofu with Nutri-drench sprinkled over it.
Thank you!
 

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