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Doing good today! Eating and drinking on his own, up and running around. Thank you for all your advice. making it after all...Tanya

When I had a dish in his cage with water (I used a jar lid) he would splash in it then being wet he got cold. trying to keep good temp...Tanya

He's drinking some not sure how much he's eating, he is pooping though. Had a lamp over him last night, think he might have got to hot. I've had him outside today. He did quite a bit of running around just before that picture. Been using a dropper for water today, if he gets the hang of it I may...

here's my find... cute huh?

Found a baby in my backyard and rescued it from my dogs. With advice from this site I've managed to get it in a cage with heat lamp, some chick feed, and it's doing well other than getting wet in water dish and then flopping around until it dries out. Through more in depth web searching I now...

Found a baby in my backyard and rescued it from my dogs. With advice from this site I've managed to get it in a cage with heat lamp, some chick feed, and it's doing well other than getting wet in water dish and then flopping around until it dries out. Through more in depth web searching I now...

Anyone know anything about caring for a wild turkey chick? It's probably only a few days old. not a chicken after all...Tanya

I got to woundering about the extremely long legs of my chick and the whole woundering around lonely in my backyard (I'm in the middle of 15acres) so I looked up pictures of wild turkey chicks and I believe that may be what I've got. who knows what's going on...Tanya

Okay, I've got a heat lamp now I need to know how many watts is it suppose to be and how close to the cage I need to hang it. still learning...Tanya

My baby actually drank water on own, doing much better. What can I do to keep it warm at night until I get a lamp? It get's down to low-mid 70's. feeling better...Tanya

My baby has it's feet back under it now, but will only open one eye. I've been helping it get water every hour and will try something to eat shortly. Can I give it baby ceral until I get some feed? getting better...Tanya

I'll work on getting some chick starter. Thanks so much for the "in the mean time" suggestions! I also need to get a heat lamp I guess. It's a sunny 90 outside during the day but does cool down at night. I'll be sure not to bring it back in the AC...

Not sure exactly what to feed it... it's fully feathered about a full hand in size. It still peeps and thrashes around, when I hold it, it throws it's head back and to the side. It tries to stand when i upright it. I've taken it outside to warm it up it may have gotten to cool in my house for it...

Found a baby chick in backyard yesterday and saved it from my dogs. I brought it in to show my kids who wanted to keep it. I put it in a cage with wood shavings and woke up to a sick chick this morning. It's flopped on it's side and won't stand up. Found this site today and seen cedar was bad...