In addition to hand feeding chix breast meat I gave mine a calorie supplement as she dropped to 4.5 pounds while nursing and was skin & bones, I was afraid I'd break her picking her up - all ribs & spine-scared me. The supplement helped and she got back to her old routine...vet warned she'd always think she needs high calories, thus now she's on a "diet"...the little piggie now weighs 6.8 pounds (not a rib to be found!!) (her "normal" weight is between 5.5-6 tops)
I also gave her the whelping pudding daily for the first month - she loved it and I think it was very beneficial to her.
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