Sick Chick - 1 week old

[KaelaM]

I have a chick that yesterday started having pasty butt. I’ve been checking her and cleaning her up. However, she’s acting pretty lethargic. Mostly hanging out under the brooder plate. She does eat and drink still, and I got some of the save a chick probiotic and added that to the water today. Is there anything else I can do? All my other chicks are healthy.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi,

If you have some NutriDrench or Poultry Cell, mix a couple of drops of that in some raw egg yolk, then using an eyedropper or needleless syringe, touch it to the right side of its beak. It should swallow some. Get it to take it a few times. I do that again in a couple of hours. It usually perks them up.

I also provide soft feed by wetting some of their crumbles in a plastic peanut butter jar lid. They go crazy for that.

 

[KaelaM]

Hi,

If you have some NutriDrench or Poultry Cell, mix a couple of drops of that in some raw egg yolk, then using an eyedropper or needleless syringe, touch it to the right side of its beak. It should swallow some. Get it to take it a few times. I do that again in a couple of hours. It usually perks them up.

I also provide soft feed by wetting some of their crumbles in a plastic peanut butter jar lid. They go crazy for that.

They’re from a hatchery, I got them from a local feed store last week