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Chick with frostbite, partial beak

Mickey9078

In the Brooder
Mar 16, 2023
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Texas
I picked 3 Easter egger chicks about 4 weeks ago. 2 days later the heating bulb burned out and I thought all three were dead. 2 hours of heaters and warm water bottles later all three revived, but 1 passed 3 days later and another the day after that. I think they had some form of organ damage from the cold.
The surviving girl (we named her Frostpunk) was doing well for a while. She lost 2 whole toes on one foot and the tip of one on the other foot, but was learning to hobble pretty well.
Yesterday I got home from work and went to check and a good portion of her beak had fallen off. The tips of the wound were red but already clotted. I mixed some gruel from her feed and some water but she refused to eat. Though it was a struggle, she ate some dry food today, but I cannot get her to drink any water. She won't eat an egg yolk, and I'm worried she won't make it much longer without fluids.
Any tips?
 

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I picked 3 Easter egger chicks about 4 weeks ago. 2 days later the heating bulb burned out and I thought all three were dead. 2 hours of heaters and warm water bottles later all three revived, but 1 passed 3 days later and another the day after that. I think they had some form of organ damage from the cold.
The surviving girl (we named her Frostpunk) was doing well for a while. She lost 2 whole toes on one foot and the tip of one on the other foot, but was learning to hobble pretty well.
Yesterday I got home from work and went to check and a good portion of her beak had fallen off. The tips of the wound were red but already clotted. I mixed some gruel from her feed and some water but she refused to eat. Though it was a struggle, she ate some dry food today, but I cannot get her to drink any water. She won't eat an egg yolk, and I'm worried she won't make it much longer without fluids.
Any tips?
You have any hydro hen or rooster booster? Getting some drops of that stuff in her might be able to help.
 

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