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    Urgent chick help required

    Thank you, we certainly did try! Now we have a lonely house chick who just wants to be cuddled!
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    Urgent chick help required

    Final update, francis seemed weaker this morning but was still holding on, eyes were more open but struggling to get around more. Cleaned and fed her, she had a sleep, woke up peeping wobbling around, so I picked her up to give her some water, she shook her head side to side 5 or 6 times then...
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    Urgent chick help required

    All set up with her hot bottle and hat!
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    Urgent chick help required

    Thank you! Will do it now :) appreciate your help and kindness!
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    Urgent chick help required

    We have a huge standing lamp so could use that?
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    Urgent chick help required

    Nope, and what's 90 in Celsius?! I don't like heat pads (previously kept reptiles) and never found them good. I have a hot water bottle I could use though?
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    Urgent chick help required

    We haven't a brooder nor heat source, it's 7pm on Saturday night so can't get anything until tomorrow. We raised chicks in the house previously without heat, yes they didn't have any injuries but they were fine. Please don't make me feel like we're failing her or not doing things right. I've...
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    Urgent chick help required

    She has a woolly hat to snuggle under and it's been pretty warm here today, she doesn't feel cold but shivers when she's sleepy. Should I add heat? She seems to do it when she wants attention, feeding or water then settles down to sleep. Just cleaned her up again, read about blu-kote and found...
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    Urgent chick help required

    Thank you, just had a read through so will follow the tips! So now I'm less worried about the scalping :thumbsup but I'm still worried about the eyes! Anyone had experience with closed over eyes? She's eating chick mash (as advised above!) and peeps constantly whilst awake, tries to snuggle...
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    Urgent chick help required

    Thank you for your help and advice! She seems a little weaker this afternoon, very sleepy but is moving around a bit more, I've tucked her up for a sleep so once she's back awake I'll give it another clean and more cream on. Her eyes are both closed and we're concerned about quality of life...
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    Urgent chick help required

    We lost one as expected but the other made it through the night! Seems a bit stronger but both eyes are closed over. I'm using coconut oil to keep moisturised in the hope it'll ease open through the day. She's drinking from a dropper and searching out bits of chick crumb. Glimmer of hope :)
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    Urgent chick help required

    Thank you so much! We have savlon or sudacream? Or aloe Vera gel? These seemed pretty weak from hatching and we've lost a few from this batch during hatching so I don't quite know what's happened. Our rooster always charges at us but is so protective over his hens and young. We were hoping...
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    Urgent chick help required

    please help! I'm absolutely heartbroken. These chicks hatched yesterday and we're fine about an hour ago. One of our children has just found them like this. Is there anything we can do? The one is almost gone but the other night have some fight left. I'm so desperate to help them. There is an...
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    Poorly girl

    Thank you! I haven't checked on her yet today but my husband tried to make her sick (following the instructions in the article) and only managed to get a bit of fluid out nothing else, he teed for a good 15mins. As he lets them out before I'm up I asked him to check her first, I haven't spoken...
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    Poorly girl

    Thank you, they all seem to be things that happen quick and if not sorted quickly the chicken will not survive. However it's been 11wks since it started and she's only just getting sick?
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