the wife and i got four baby chicks about two months ago. there are our first chicks ever... all seemed well, then, around 11pm, I checked on them and Filbert, our Ameraucana (see current picture, below) was super lethargic -- practically limp and immobile. After wildly searching on the internet for solutions we came across these forums, and read several threads on what to do.
Ultimately, we did two things: I stayed up all night, and would feed her some liquid from a eyedropper every hour and a half or so -- the mixture was water, a bit of sugar, and a bit of grape flavored electrolyte sports powder i happened to have. NOTE - I don't think the grape flavoring was important, lol. I also did my best to get her to eat some soy yogurt we had in the fridge.
I didn't expect her to survive - she was that lethargic. She'd be limp on my hand, and I'd eyedrop a drip onto the side of her beak. She'd only drink maybe one out of every 5 drops.
She was better by the next afternoon.
Thank you guys so much. And Filbert thanks you too! She's now the runt of the 4 we have... I don't know if that is related, or if she's just smaller than the rest naturally.
Here she is today, cute as a button.
Ultimately, we did two things: I stayed up all night, and would feed her some liquid from a eyedropper every hour and a half or so -- the mixture was water, a bit of sugar, and a bit of grape flavored electrolyte sports powder i happened to have. NOTE - I don't think the grape flavoring was important, lol. I also did my best to get her to eat some soy yogurt we had in the fridge.
I didn't expect her to survive - she was that lethargic. She'd be limp on my hand, and I'd eyedrop a drip onto the side of her beak. She'd only drink maybe one out of every 5 drops.
She was better by the next afternoon.
Thank you guys so much. And Filbert thanks you too! She's now the runt of the 4 we have... I don't know if that is related, or if she's just smaller than the rest naturally.
Here she is today, cute as a button.
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