I got some chicks shipped to me(got tues at 11:30p.m.). When I opened the box I saw one poor baby in the corner all by itself. I thought it was dead and went to grab it and realized it was stuck there(shipper ran out of gro-gel and used jello). It was cold, not near the heat pack or other chicks. It's feet were all curled up and it only made little peeps. I washed it up, dried it, and tried putting back with the other chicks but it couldn't stand and the others just kept tromping on it. I pulled it and put it with my 4 day old oegb(which are only half it's size). I have been alternating with poly vi sol and a yogurt mix with vit e, selenium, and b12 complex(sublingual drops). I also splinted it's feet with bandaids to straighten out the toes. This came from and extremely reputable breeder so I know the chick did not go in the box like this. I suspect it is because it was stuck for over 24 hrs(took 32hrs to get here) without heat. It also seems to have some neurological problems as it's head drifted upwards. It isn't so bad now but the chick is still having a hard time drinking, I need to keep repositioning it so when it dips it's head it actually gets the water
. It has started to "toddle" around a little bit, but very wobbly(bit improvement since it couldn't get off it's side originally), so I may give it one more day before taking off the bandaids. Has anyone ever dealt with a near death chick (from cold) and have it recover fully?
