Baby chicken problems

[spirit wings]

Originally Posted by Becca199212

I ordered the eggs of the internet to hatch myself in an incubator- experience to write on my CV- he was the only one out of six to hatch.

oh, ok, Ive done that...his name is ranger, because he was the only one to hatch.... do you have an option of taking him to the vet, they may beable to treat him better. I would not wait till it gets bad, by that time it is usually too late.

[Feefo]

Hi Becca,

First, you are not being paranoid!

But some questions:

Is this a pigeon squab or a chicken chick?

If chicken chick what sort?

What is he eating?

Can you have a vet look at him? I had a wood pigeon that had an enormous lump of hard matter expressed by the vet (not an egg).

You could replace the vegetable oil with liquid paraffin, that is not absorbed by the digestive system so goes right through as a lubricant.

[Charis]

It's curious to me that this baby was the only one out of 6 to hatch. I suspect the baby may need antibiotics and you should not delay taking the baby to a vet that has experience in treating chickens.
I'm going to go get the link for Back Yard Chickens which is a good resource.

[spirit wings]

how is the little chickie?

[MaryOfExeter]

If I'm not mistaken, during the first three days when the chicks are still feeding off their yolk sac, they do not poo. Not until they begin eating solid food. But they must be provided clean water from the very start.

[alhowiriny]

They will make their first dropping within/after 24h; the kidneys will start to function for the first time and thats why their first dropping consist of transparent liquid with some whitish and bright greenish particles (urea + gut flora).

[spirit wings]

how is the chickie?....