I do have to add that it wasn't 72 the whole time, it was probably 85 most of the time but 72 when I got home at 8PM. Still, I realize 85 wasn't warm enough either. At least I know what not to do if there is ever a next time.
Thanks for all the sympathy.
I wanted to post some pictures of the little chick and how I splinted her:
Although I realize I let her get too cold, I do think something else was wrong with her. Her crop was always squishy and pushed to the side and she was always thirsty. I did what I could and tried to keep her...
I found a little barely day-old chick at a feed store on the bottom of the pile in an aquarium with her legs out to her sides. She was peeping pitifully and I had to have her. I brought her home and made her a band aid splint and she seemed good to go. She was weak for a few days and HATED the...