Wobbly 5 Week Old Chick

[SJsChickies]

I don’t think this poor girl is going to make it much longer. She is so severely unstable to the point where she falls over and struggles to get up now I’ve been doing the vitamins and egg yokes every day and watching her droppings and everything else. The only thing I haven’t been able to do is get a good look inside her ears. 2 of the others went to their permanent home this weekend (that was always the plan, to only keep 2. TSC minimums made me buy 4) so I’m worried about the last one being alone. What can I do

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don’t think this poor girl is going to make it much longer. She is so severely unstable to the point where she falls over and struggles to get up now I’ve been doing the vitamins and egg yokes every day and watching her droppings and everything else. The only thing I haven’t been able to do is get a good look inside her ears. 2 of the others went to their permanent home this weekend (that was always the plan, to only keep 2. TSC minimums made me buy 4) so I’m worried about the last one being alone. What can I do

I'm so sorry she's not improving

You've been giving vitamins (E and B-Complex right?)

Can you take a sample of her poop to your vet for a fecal float to make sure she doesn't need to be treated for worms and/or coccidiosis?

It can be hard to know what's causing these issues. It may not be nutritional but developmental or??

The last one being alone if you lose her, maybe you can find another chick or two to be with her. I'm sorry things are not going very well.

 

[SJsChickies]

I'm so sorry she's not improving

You've been giving vitamins (E and B-Complex right?)

Can you take a sample of her poop to your vet for a fecal float to make sure she doesn't need to be treated for worms and/or coccidiosis?

It can be hard to know what's causing these issues. It may not be nutritional but developmental or??

The last one being alone if you lose her, maybe you can find another chick or two to be with her. I'm sorry things are not going very well.

Yes every morning I give her an egg yoke with vitamin E and a little crumble, she gobbles it all down. I give her 1/4 tablet of B and she eats it up. My husband thinks she’s having a neurological issue and wants to put her out of her misery. But I just have a little hope she might pull through. Tonight I went to check on them and make sure they made it in to their little house and she was on the outside of the house just laying there. I picked her up and put her in the house and she must have tried to reposition or something cause she stumbled back out of the house and fell over it’s so hard to watch. The house is on the ground, not elevated at all, so at least she didn’t fall from a distance. I don’t know if I can find any other chicks the same age. Tomorrow they are 7 weeks. I have 1 weekers inside and the 4 on the other side of the run are 14+ weeks. They have been sharing the run (look don’t touch) for only a couple days. So if she passes, the other one won’t be able to go with the big girls yet without getting beat up

 

[SJsChickies]

My sweet girl made it another day and was very eager to eat her vitamins, egg yoke and crumble this morning. For a flighty breed, she sure does love being snuggled on now

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes every morning I give her an egg yoke with vitamin E and a little crumble, she gobbles it all down. I give her 1/4 tablet of B and she eats it up. My husband thinks she’s having a neurological issue and wants to put her out of her misery. But I just have a little hope she might pull through. Tonight I went to check on them and make sure they made it in to their little house and she was on the outside of the house just laying there. I picked her up and put her in the house and she must have tried to reposition or something cause she stumbled back out of the house and fell over it’s so hard to watch. The house is on the ground, not elevated at all, so at least she didn’t fall from a distance. I don’t know if I can find any other chicks the same age. Tomorrow they are 7 weeks. I have 1 weekers inside and the 4 on the other side of the run are 14+ weeks. They have been sharing the run (look don’t touch) for only a couple days. So if she passes, the other one won’t be able to go with the big girls yet without getting beat up

She is sweet isn't she!

It sounds like you do have other chicks up and coming. While not all the same age, hopefully if you lose this girl, the one left can be integrated with the others once they all have matured some.

 

[NaperLix]

I’ve seen many times,sometimes comes back.it could be cocci oasis or anything. I dip beak,and use q tip push side of beak, Bactrim and tylosin together. ,and electrolytes ,and put some Mobic as well,a seperate cup.Make anything strong so they get enough from qtip ,roll it against corner beak,you’ll see swallow.
That’s how chicks are lost,have to have meds till they get stronger,bigger. Can’t wait,they get sick fast.
That’s what I use ,can use dropper almost at 5 weeks,very tiny drops. It should work 1-2 hours max.

 

[SJsChickies]

I’ve seen many times,sometimes comes back.it could be cocci oasis or anything. I dip beak,and use q tip push side of beak, Bactrim and tylosin together. ,and electrolytes ,and put some Mobic as well,a seperate cup.Make anything strong so they get enough from qtip ,roll it against corner beak,you’ll see swallow.
That’s how chicks are lost,have to have meds till they get stronger,bigger. Can’t wait,they get sick fast.
That’s what I use ,can use dropper almost at 5 weeks,very tiny drops. It should work 1-2 hours max.

How do you get Bactrim without a prescription? I see I can get Tylosin from different places so that would should be easy enough to get. She hasn’t improved at all but she hasn’t lost the fight either. She stumbles over to me every morning to get picked up to eat her breakfast of vitamins and egg yoke. Her brooder mate remains unaffected. They’re 7.5 weeks now. This is her this morning actually standing to eat! She’s been laying down on me to eat up till today.