Baby chick won’t eat

[MKetter]

My brother bought some chicks from Tractor Supply. Day two, one of them (a buff Plymouth Rock) won’t eat. Day one, all were eating and drinking. Day two, I came out in the morning and lifted up the brooder heating plate to check on them. One doesn’t move. I moved it to the waterer, and it drinks for quite a while. But it doesn’t eat, and I haven’t seen it drink again. It barely moves. It can walk. I saw it run over to the brooder heating plate this evening before I left.

 

[TicaCielo]

My brother bought some chicks from Tractor Supply. Day two, one of them (a buff Plymouth Rock) won’t eat. Day one, all were eating and drinking. Day two, I came out in the morning and lifted up the brooder heating plate to check on them. One doesn’t move. I moved it to the waterer, and it drinks for quite a while. But it doesn’t eat, and I haven’t seen it drink again. It barely moves. It can walk. I saw it run over to the brooder heating plate this evening before I left.

Have you given them probiotic powder in their water?

 

[MKetter]

Have you given them probiotic powder in their water?

We started them with electrolytes.

 

[TicaCielo]

We started them with electrolytes.

Whats the temperature in your brooder?

 

[TicaCielo]

Whats the temperature in your brooder?

The other thing I'd check if it has pasty butt.

 

[MKetter]

The other thing I'd check if it has pasty butt.

No pasty butt.

 

[MKetter]

The other thing I'd check if it has pasty butt.

They have they brooder heating plates, not the lamp.

 

[TicaCielo]

They have they brooder heating plates, not the lamp.

how is the baby doing today?

 

[MKetter]

My brother tried to get some water and food in it today, but it was too late. The chick didn’t last long after that.