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FlockOfBiddies

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We have 7 thriving, lost two . One remains weak, she's a Splash Ameraucana. Last night we decided she may be blind and or deaf (typical responses dont happen). She doesn't integrate well with the others. She stands off alone and remains under the heater. She was introduced to the food and water but I have been feeding her and giving her water the whole time. Last night we did their chick crumble with water to make it soft with some gro gel spread on a flat plate. I tapped it with my finger and she ate it, but I had to keep placing her by the food because she would miss it. Same thing this morning minus thr gro gel. She will just squawk sometimes like she has no idea where she is, she's usually under the heater alone everyone else is exploring or eating. She sleeps fine. She just wants to be held sometimes. I'm not confident she drinks on her own at all. Any suggestions what we can do to help her? I will attach a pic.
 

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I have the EcoGlow 1200. Everyone else has adapted well to this.

She drinks if I give her water in a dropper or dip her beak. I do have the Nutri-Drench, got it yesterday. I mixed her food with the water and that today.

I have 2 water feeders in their bin. One regular water with pebbles so they don't drown and one with a water nipple. She attempted to peck it but then started chirp and they pecked at her.

The biggest issue is she's coming along well enough sometimes but she was semiclose to the other two and she will just squawk at times and the others will just peck her. I don't know what to do for her to keep her safe aside from putting in her own bin and that will make her more lonely.
 
The past two feedings I have noticed that she has one chick that will stand with her, so that gives me hope that she's not going to be all alone.

I did go ahead and put large pine shavings in there and remove the puppy pads to give the others something else to dig around in. They also have a mirror, which they love, a toilet paper roll, and a bird branch that they can climb on. They basically hop on and off of it for now. The bedding did seem to at least initially distract enough. Hopefully it maintains. I do have chick grit in there along with their feed.

Right now everyone is napping peacefully and they do great at night. They definitely have good times, I'm just worried about her when I go to work.
 
FlockOfBiddies said:
The past two feedings I have noticed that she has one chick that will stand with her, so that gives me hope that she's not going to be all alone.

I did go ahead and put large pine shavings in there and remove the puppy pads to give the others something else to dig around in. They also have a mirror, which they love, a toilet paper roll, and a bird branch that they can climb on. They basically hop on and off of it for now. The bedding did seem to at least initially distract enough. Hopefully it maintains. I do have chick grit in there along with their feed.

Right now everyone is napping peacefully and they do great at night. They definitely have good times, I'm just worried about her when I go to work.
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It's good that another chick is buddying up to her, hopefully that will last.
 
When we fed her her last meal of the evening we tried to get her to eat the crumble in the bin, it was a no go. We took her out and fed her crumble on a plate she ate some, but we had to put some water on it to get her to eat more. She wouldn't drink from either waterer voluntarily. So I feel at a loss there. As soon as her feet hit the pine she books it for the heat plate.

I did see everyone in a group with her in the middle at nap time earlier. So I think as long as she's quiet they don't mind her, but she quickly works everyones nerves when she's up/hungry/confused/etc... so I will feed her in the morning. The kids will feed her when they get home and we will take care of her until bedtime and just see how it goes. My daughter is determined that she will be able to find the food and water herself.
 
FlockOfBiddies said:
When we fed her her last meal of the evening we tried to get her to eat the crumble in the bin, it was a no go. We took her out and fed her crumble on a plate she ate some, but we had to put some water on it to get her to eat more. She wouldn't drink from either waterer voluntarily. So I feel at a loss there. As soon as her feet hit the pine she books it for the heat plate.

I did see everyone in a group with her in the middle at nap time earlier. So I think as long as she's quiet they don't mind her, but she quickly works everyones nerves when she's up/hungry/confused/etc... so I will feed her in the morning. The kids will feed her when they get home and we will take care of her until bedtime and just see how it goes. My daughter is determined that she will be able to find the food and water herself.
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Giving wet feed is a good idea or you can grind the feed smaller for a few days to see if she's able to handle a smaller crumble.

I'd give her the Poultry Nutri-Drench orally, twice a day, just 2-3 drops to see if that helps. Some chick(en)s do not like the vitamins in the water and avoid it.

If she's peeping a lot and staying under the heat, then sadly she may not make it, but I'd continue to try different things.
It really stinks when you have one that is not doing very well.
 
Today was a big win. She actually left the heater to seek out food. No one seemed too bothered by her! She is still WAY smaller than the smallest one in our flock that's the same age, but she's doing so well. We are still feeding her several times a day, but I have hope she's going to keep up the good work and get stronger by the day. She's definitely our runt, but we are proud of her. I don't feel like she's out of the woods yet, but it just feels good to see her have a win on her own. She's getting vitamins daily still. I'll add a picture of our smallest flock member and then a picture of her for reference. They hatched the same day, these were both taken today. She is not a fan of my photography at all.
 

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FlockOfBiddies said:
Today was a big win. She actually left the heater to seek out food. No one seemed too bothered by her! She is still WAY smaller than the smallest one in our flock that's the same age, but she's doing so well. We are still feeding her several times a day, but I have hope she's going to keep up the good work and get stronger by the day. She's definitely our runt, but we are proud of her. I don't feel like she's out of the woods yet, but it just feels good to see her have a win on her own. She's getting vitamins daily still. I'll add a picture of our smallest flock member and then a picture of her for reference. They hatched the same day, these were both taken today. She is not a fan of my photography at all.
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Going to the feeder on her own sounds promising!
Feeding her throughout the day is still a good idea. Hopefully she will catch up.

Sweet photos! I love them both, chicks are the best
 

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