- Baby chick drinking but not eating reddit. Definitely try the sugar water, but all you can really do is that and make sure they’re warm and see what happens. Same with the food, you can also just try spreading the food around everywhere, or hold it up to it. We drove to the store and got a separate heat lamp for ours. This is a reddit for those who keep chickens and other types of poultry. they just will not eat!! We are going to try and do the sweetened sugar water in a syringe if they still won't eat (for a boost of energy). Cooked up eggs and mixed in with feed Put honey in food, won't eat. As she's getting bigger, keep an eye on whether or not she's getting bullied by the other chickens. ) Second, is it drinking? If so, electrolyte water with vitamins (like sav-a-chick) stat. 10K subscribers in the poultry community. Any ideas how to get some food in her w/o a Chicken can’t hold head up, weak but still eating and drinking? Hey everyone! So yesterday my neighbor came over and mentioned they had a chicken in their yard that wasn’t theirs or anyone else’s that seemed pretty sick as if it was dying. yaqi xi6hf ifl 5aojg 6k nwxw pg8ldt fye stp8nu rc86l8