Hi, i just registered here because i found a newly hatched chick lying seemingly dead, on its back a bit away from its mother and the rest of the chicks. It was lying by the entrance so very drafty and cold. I thought it was dead so i removed it and went outside to bury it, but i saw it move its beak ever so slightly, so i gave it some light CPR (just gently poking its chest, i didn't know what to do really) but he reacted to it so i took him inside to warm up. And after a while he started coming back to life. So i fed him some water, a bit later some sugar water and some very diluted porridge, and left him to rest in a towel.
So, he survived his first night. He has been pooping and "peeing" during his first day, first poop was a normal poop. Now lately it has been very watery but i suppose that is because i mostly fed him sugar water today and yesterday? (i read here on the forum that they absorb the yolk so they don't really need food the first 2-3 days?) I also crushed some B-vitamin into the water towards the evening and fed him. He also just pooped more normal poop.
But here is the problem, he is unable to stand up and walk, his belly is very much larger than his siblings, his legs are pointing forward (not to the sides like splay legs) and he has a hard time keeping his head upright. But he is very active now and is thrashing about and kicking his legs, which mostly leads to him landing on his back... or actually sitting up on his butt with legs pointed forward, almost like a person would sit. Edit: he also seems to be breathing rather heavily.
So do you reckon?
Might it be that he is still absorbing the yolk from his big belly and he is unable to walk because of that? What would the alternative be, neurological damage from nearly dying?
So, he survived his first night. He has been pooping and "peeing" during his first day, first poop was a normal poop. Now lately it has been very watery but i suppose that is because i mostly fed him sugar water today and yesterday? (i read here on the forum that they absorb the yolk so they don't really need food the first 2-3 days?) I also crushed some B-vitamin into the water towards the evening and fed him. He also just pooped more normal poop.
But here is the problem, he is unable to stand up and walk, his belly is very much larger than his siblings, his legs are pointing forward (not to the sides like splay legs) and he has a hard time keeping his head upright. But he is very active now and is thrashing about and kicking his legs, which mostly leads to him landing on his back... or actually sitting up on his butt with legs pointed forward, almost like a person would sit. Edit: he also seems to be breathing rather heavily.
So do you reckon?
Might it be that he is still absorbing the yolk from his big belly and he is unable to walk because of that? What would the alternative be, neurological damage from nearly dying?
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Can he eat/drink on his own?
