injured chick

  1. talkinboutchickens

    found chick in the road. Injured. need help asap

    My dad just found a chick in the middle of the road. I'm assuming a ~1 month old, female barred rock chick. She is scared and injured. I have never dealt with a foot injury like this before. She is limping, both of her feet are red and kindof swollen, and have a tiny amount of visible blood but...
  2. PeeppeepXO

    Please help injured chick got swollen again😭

    I’ve been using neosporin without pain reliever, and spraying BANNIXX for CHIXX all around her neck. She tries to get the neosporin off, probably swallows some, BUT … I’m concerned that she had a swollen side last week, I posted and asked about it, I’m brand new to raising chickens, and adult...
  3. PeeppeepXO

    Please lmk if I got this correct. Injured last Sunday, first pics are the injured, middle pics...

    So the adults held the 3week old chick down and pecked her neck until she was almost without her head. I was so happy she was alive but bleeding. Seems like it happen late late Saturday morning like 2-4am. Bloody, 8am I saw and grabbed her and the rest and noticed DUH the chicks will continue...
  4. PeeppeepXO

    Help, this chick got attacked&one side is now swollen, please look!

    This 3 week old chick got attacked by the adults and the first 3 pictures are when it happened, the rest are from last night. Happened on Sunday early early morning possibly the night before. seems to have gotten better but one side of her is extremely swollen. She’s eating, drinking and...
  5. PeeppeepXO

    Please help will this baby have a chance of surviving?

    I knew the adults didn’t like young chicks. I thought this age would be okay they’re like about 3 weeks old. I tested it out and there wasn’t problems. Plus we have ten new ones and was testing out who could stand being with the adults. I put the youngest sapphire gems in, was told they were...
  6. PeeppeepXO

    Please help my barely month old chick!

    I knew the adults didn’t like young chicks. I thought this age would be okay they’re like about 3 weeks old. I tested it out and there wasn’t problems. Plus we have ten new ones and was testing out who could stand being with the adults. I put the youngest sapphire gems in, was told they were...
  7. pickledhill

    2.5 month old Bonita not walking well—losing will to eat/drink:(

    Our girl Bonita (Lavender Orpington): We made a huge mistake at the beginning by putting straw around the inside perimeter of their brooder. The primary substrate was wood flakes, but we wanted to insulate them with it being November cold. We quickly learned that it was too slick for their baby...
  8. N

    5 week old chick flew off hand & hurt its leg - help please

    Hi, I have a 5 week old araucana chick who is very small for its age. About 4 days ago I was holding it less than a foot above the brooder and it flew off my hand, hit the brooder plate and landed on its side and hurt its leg. I know it hurt its leg because it didn't get up - I put it back on...
  9. talkinboutchickens

    Chick buried alive, has many injuries but is acting like nothing happened (pt. 2)

    Hello! This is the sequel to chick buried alive by aggressive hen, not opening one eye. This chick's name is Frankie (I will call Frankie "he" throughout this thread but it's just easier than saying she/he every single time I mention him. I don't actually know his gender.) Frankie was hatched...
  10. B

    Injured baby chick. What to do now?

    We had a hen go broody and we let her keep the eggs. Unfortunately they did not all hatch at the same time so once the first one become mobile she left the remaining eggs in the nest. She’s been a great mama raising her single chick. We opted to keep them with the flock and mama won’t let any of...
  11. LittleRando

    Three day old Baby chick not accepted and Attacked!

    So my boyfriend's chickens, silkys, had three babies, this little one was a bit delayed, and she was fine for two days, but she was getting picked on, then she got attacked tonight, I just got her a few hours ago, she's only three days old and she's got a bald spot on her neck with a gash kinda...
  12. C

    Broken or Sprained?!

    Hello, I would like to get advice or help on how to help my chick heal! And first how I can determine if it is just sprained or if it broke, I accidentally stepped on her.. I know :((... so I am trying to help it be comfortable and heel well. Please help
  13. E

    Crow attack , 4 week chick dropped from sky can’t walk

    Hey chicken friends, This site has been so helpful raising my chicks so I hope someone can help. A few days ago a crow or big bird of sone type attacked my month old chick , we heard noise and as we approached the yard saw a little fluffy thing fall from sky, it was one of the the little...
  14. K

    Injured chick leg

    Hi everyone, I have an 8-9 week old chick with an injured leg. I took her to the vet about 11 days ago and he x-rayed her and said her leg looks like it was injured when she was very little and just grew back wrong. He bandaged her and that was it. He isn’t a specialist so that’s all he could...
  15. Cocohens

    Twisted neck on week old Chick

    Hi there, I have just hatched 13 chick eggs from a mixed batch. One of them was fine for a couple of days but has developed a horrible twist in its neck. I have been feeding it egg yolk and chick crumb. Can someone advise me on the best form of treatment please.
  16. S

    Chick cant stand normal

    I have a 5 week week old chick that doesnt seem to be able to stand normal and im not sure how to help her. About a week and a half ago or so she seemed to had injured her leg as she was non stop chirping and wasnt standing or being active. I noticed she would try to lay on her side or pick up...
  17. C

    Help lonely chick?

    I just adopted a “runt” chick from a friend because all their other chicks were attacking it (pulling out feathers, pecking to the point of bleeding, stepping on it). We aren’t supposed to get the rest of our chicks for 3 days, but I had to rescue this poor girl/guy and save it from being killed...
  18. Astrohens

    Chick with very injured leg, please help!!

    Fiver is a 2 month old chick with an unknown leg injury. At first, it started off with a minor limp but it quickly got worse. I put him in a bird cage for 3 days and while I was changing the paper at the bottom I noticed his limp has gotten a lot worse, even with his time in the cage. Fiver’s...
  19. C

    Baby chick got pecked badly on its ears and eye, what should I do??!!

    My bantam hen recently had little chicks (like two days ago) and I went outside to today to check on them and realized one wasn’t there so I looked for it. I found it alone just quietly standing there but it’s eyes and ears were injured! I wondering what could’ve happened to it (I’m guessing...
  20. LiizardWiitch

    Chick acting off

    I have a silkie chick that Is acting off. This has started in the last few days. She tries her very best to keep up with the rest of the chicks and she is moving around to eat and drink, scratching in the bedding etc. But I've noticed she cannot fully lift up her neck. I'm not sure if I'm...
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