For chicks this size I use a size 8 tube.
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Go very slowly(I'm sure you are).Thank you everybody for your input! I just made a cocktail out of raw egg yolk, molasses and the gel from the vitamin E + selenium gel caps. I used an eye dropper and dripped little drops on the chick’s beak, in the crack. It seems hungry and actually ate quite a bit! It kicks and flops and chirps a lot, so it looks like it still has a lot of life in it. I’ll add the vitamin b complex to the cocktail tomorrow. Let’s hope this works!
That’s right. I have only been giving it other fluids so I forgot about actual water, too. I have a poultry vitamins and electrolytes mix to put in their water, so I’ll use that.Good luck to you a little guy! Don't forget the water, or preferably electrolyte water, as its went quite awhile without hydration.
This is very encouraging, thank you! I had given up. Glad to see your boy made it!I have fixed my wry necks by giving them yolk water. I make their beak dip. I have one I got from Meyers, he is 7 months old now but still a bit loopy. he crows maybe not as much or as loud as a normal bird. But he is very sweet. View attachment 2627595View attachment 2627583
Yeah, it’s quite a slow process. It keeps its beak closed, so I put a drop on it, which prompts it to open its beak a little and swallow. So I wait for it to swallow and repeat. At least it doesn’t need help actually swallowing. And I think it liked my cocktail. It would resist the NutriDrench, turn away from the dropper or shake its head, but with the fancy cocktail, it waits and swallows patiently.Go very slowly(I'm sure you are).
I've used a soaked qtip and hold it against the side of beak.
Liquid seeps into mouth and sometimes stroke under beak and front of neck to stimulate swallowing.