Weak Chick

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I have a 5 week old chick and she was doing perfectly fine, intergetic. However he rnother rejected her so shes been in our brooder, and deemed Kitchen Chicken. Shes been there since she was born and we had to help her out if the egg because she was shrink wrapped. Shes far too small to be put with the older chickens. About a week ago we hatched our first incubator egg also had to be helped out due to shrink wraping. Is very intergetic and chirps alot. Anyways we put him in the brooder with Kitchen and they’ve been fine. But, ever sicne the second day Kitchen has been weak, super sleepy and apathetic. We gave her electrolytes in her water and food. She sleeps kind of side ways and while sitting down has a leg sticking out. She wobbles when she walks and shakes alot whenever picked up, im really scared and my mom refuses to take her to our vet. I’ve tried to do a leg sprayer preventative but shes too shaky to properly put the baind aids on her and im afriad she’ll have a heartsttack and die. She has all her feathers so i thought maybe she was too hot thrned the light down but nope she went and sat rught under it. She used to be super intergetic and fly on our shoulders but now she wont even attenpt to sit on the side if the brooder when opened. Is this an issue with her standing on the shavings? Being inside? I cant figure it out and we’ve tried everything please help!!
 
A lot of times when chicks are assisted out of the egg, it can cause leg, feet, neck or neurological issues. Try not to intervene if possible. Many of us hatch hundreds a year and never have to assist one. However, these same things can also occur for those that hatch naturally, it's just the odds are much greater for it when they're helped out of the egg.

What your chick has is probably splayed legs. If you do not address that now, it could be crippled for life. Your chick would only have had to wear the hobble for about 3 days, but now that she's older it might take an extra day or two.

Here's an article that explains.

Vitamin water would also help. We use Poultry Cell or Nutra-Drench.

You could try feeding it some raw egg yolk, which might perk it up. Wetting their chick starter into a bit of a mash sometimes is a hit, too.
 
Debbie292d said:
A lot of times when chicks are assisted out of the egg, it can cause leg, feet, neck or neurological issues. Try not to intervene if possible. Many of us hatch hundreds a year and never have to assist one. However, these same things can also occur for those that hatch naturally, it's just the odds are much greater for it when they're helped out of the egg.

What your chick has is probably splayed legs. If you do not address that now, it could be crippled for life. Your chick would only have had to wear the hobble for about 3 days, but now that she's older it might take an extra day or two.

Here's an article that explains.

Vitamin water would also help. We use Poultry Cell or Nutra-Drench.

You could try feeding it some raw egg yolk, which might perk it up. Wetting their chick starter into a bit of a mash sometimes is a hit, too.
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Thank you so much for the information!! I will try to do the sprayed leg method again and will be feeding her some yolk! Thank you!!
 

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