Question Chick not eating

[Blizblaz]

I have a new chick that doesn’t seem to eat. It’s not lethargic or anything, yet. It peeps a lot and when I try to encourage it to eat, it sometimes pecks at the food, but doesn’t seem to be able to get it down. She had a piece in her mouth and scratched it out. Does anyone know what that is about, or what I can do?

[Happy]

I'm not a chick rearing expert so hopefully others will jump in here but I would try mixing some Honey water (or sugar water) and put one drop at a time onto her beak. She will suck it in and swallow it. If you have nutri drench or save-a-chick you could use that. The secret is to just place a drop at a time and don't force anything into her beak. Sometimes they just need a little extra boost.
Were they shipped chicks?

[Killerbunny]

Can you grind up some of the feed so it is smaller? I have had to do that with turkeys sometimes.

[Killerbunny]

@Blizblaz you could try some yoghourt with chopped hard boiled egg.

[Blizblaz]

They were shipped to farm store from hatchery chicks. The rest are doing well so far, and she doesn’t look ill or anything. I’ll see if I can get her to swallow something softer. I had some small pieces, and she pecked at them, but wouldn’t go as far as swallowing it.

[WLLady]

if shes only a day old she may not be hungry until a couple days after you get her...they have tummies full of yolk that last about 3 days post hatch. most important that they drink-i would try water or a little water with sugar or electrolytes to stimulate drinking. just a drop at a time.

[Blizblaz]

She is doing better. She’s much smaller than the rest still, but maybe she was just younger than everyone else? Although I’ve had a couple of chicks before that act similar and never really turn it around. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks!

[Blizblaz]

She’s the little black and white stripe

[Jaye]

fingers crossed she continues to survive and thrive.