Baby Chicken stayed a bit in rain yesterday and is sick since then.Please help

[viktor2005]

Your chick was likely badly chilled when left out in the rain. Wetness will suck all the body heat from a chick, lowering the body temp dangerously. It's called hypothermia and it may already be too late and your chick probably will die.

You can try doing what you should have done immediately when you found the wet chick. Take a warm hair dryer and dry the chick, paying special attention to warming the belly and under the wings.

Next, give the chick warm sugar water to drink. If it's too weak to drink, try holding the chick while placing a drop of sugar water at a time on the side of its beak so it can suck in the drop. Keep doing this until you get at least a teaspoon of water into the chick.

Then place the chick under a heat lamp or under a heating pad.

I wasn't at home when the rain came.My parents did what they knew better.They probably did what you told me to,he was just too young,8 days old

 

[Rose_adamaj]

Thx for your possible help he sadly passed away at 20:40.I only blame myself for not trying harder to help him even tho the odds were against me

I am so sorry to hear that. You did everything you could, fortunately he didn’t suffer long.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Thx for your possible help he sadly passed away at 20:40.I only blame myself for not trying harder to help him even tho the odds were against me

Oh no I’m so sorry