An emergency! My little chick has drown

[cafarmgirl]

Just make sure he has food/water where he can reach it, don't try to force feed.

 

[bellschick]

Hey rainslick...what is vinegar for in the chicks water?

 

[rainslick]

Vinegar has numerous health benefits, it can help boost immune systems, and in chicks and chickens helps stressed birds immune systems regain strength. You can use regular vinegar though apple cider vinegar is believed to have more health benefits than plain.

If you add it on a regular basis to your chickens and chicks water, it has added antibacterial qualities that help keep your waterer from developing fungus growth.

People can take it too, many use it during a cold to reduce phlegm and boost individual immunity. It is especially effective in aiding recovery from respiratory infections.

Worth buying in the big size you can use it around the house to make your towels fluffier and more absorbent (it removes detergent build up that makes towels less effective), cleans almost everything, and when added to pie crust evaporates during baking to leave it flakier.

Really there are tons of uses for vinegar. You can find recipes for making your own apple cider vinegar on the internet. You can make big batches up cheaply and it uses apple rinds and cores that would otherwise go to waste. If you don't eat a huge amount of apples you can freeze the cores and rinds until you have enough to use and then defrost when ready.

 

[acorn265]

wow - i had no idea that vinegar was so useful!

 

[rainslick]

http://www.communitychickens.com/2012/09/11-uses-for-vinegar-around-coop.html#.UnFA6BCFe1s

This link has a list of other uses for vinegar in and around the coop (adding it to water for the same reasons I said is number 1) but it goes on to list it as an effective egg wash, foot soak, conditioning rinse (this also can add shine to human hair if added in a final rinse)... so many uses.

 

[GD91]

Another handy tip to add to my note book from NYC
How's chick? Above is right, leave feed & water where he can get to it. Its been a few hours now. ... Is it perking up more?

 

[acorn265]

 

[Ameer894]

I can't believe !! Thank God .. it is looking so good and it looks like it was before! I Put the chick at small box with another(his brother) and directed some heat to it! The chick drunk and ate and now is sleeping in my bedroom next to me (Its 22:45)
Tomorrow morning I'll capture it and put here some photos - and if it's a sunny day I may release it
Thank you guys you are the best

 

[acorn265]

Great! I am glad he is ok!

 

[Ameer894]

Thank you