we have chicks that we raised from an incubator. So even my 3 yr old has been with them constantly since they hatched. However, today he got pecked in the corner of his eye by one of the 2mo old chickens that one of my other children was holding. I think his eye will be ok but I got online to...
While the chick raises its head & responds when we lean over the box and talk to it, it does not move for the most part (I did see it shift position once) and just sits there with its feathers fluffed out. It doesn't droop or seem sleepy, just immobile. It has made no effort to eat or drink...
One of our 3 1/2 wk old chicks escaped the cage today and our dog chased it around the yard and did have it in its mouth a couple times. He did not kill it or really even seriously wound it that I can see, but it is suffering from shock and there are some scrapes on its feet and legs, with one...