Chicks peeping constantly- then die

[obe10]

well it is NOT normal for a chick to peep loudly and constantly. either they are to cold, to hot, lost (can't find there momma), hungry, are thirsty. that is all i can tell you.

 

[Lovesilkty21]

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OK I have a question then to add, due to the last post so if you know they are feed & warm & had a drink & such and they still peep, then all you can assume is that they are lost then what do you do hold them or just stay with them?

 

[ruth]

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OK I have a question then to add, due to the last post so if you know they are feed & warm & had a drink & such and they still peep, then all you can assume is that they are lost then what do you do hold them or just stay with them?

If they are with other chicks and you are certain they aren't lonely, cold, hot, hungry, or thirsty, and they are still peeping loudly and/or constantly, there's probably not much you can do for them. I've only had a couple to do this and they both died after a couple of days. Sometimes there's just something wrong with the chick that we can't see or tell and there's nothing we can do.

 

[littlerattie]

I forgot to knock on wood (see posts 28 & 30) and now another one of my kids has stitches... and here is our story....

One thing I hope to NEVER feel again is....
blood gushing out of a knife stab wound in my daughter's arm! It is a haunting feel, that warm blood gushing between my fingers like something live. I hope I never feel it again.
My 10 yo was running through the kitchen (one more reason to NOT run in the house!) just as my 12 yo was turning to put a knife in the dirty dishes box (another reason to correctly hold a knife pointing towards the ground!) and got stabbed in the forearm.
Goddness gracious, and mercy me, a 1 inch stab wound produces a terrifying amount of blood in seconds! By the time I got to her (maybe 8 seconds from stab to pressure) there was blood all over the kitchen floor, and trailed into the living room and a puddle on the floor where she was standing. The only other time I have seen a larger amount of blood was when we butchered our hogs.
Anyhow, I grabbed her arm that was completely covered in blood, and could feel the blood pulsing out of her arm between my fingers. I put some intense pressure on it while another kid got a clean rag. Then we ran out to the car where my 14 yo continued the pressure, then we hopped in the car, bare footed, and splattered with blood and the oldest girl was even still in her jammies (which also has a hole in the hieney). (Another reason to get up, get dressed and have shoes on!). Thank God that he reminded me to put my shoes by the door earlier in the day (which I rarely do!) because otherwise I would have had no shoes to wear when we got there!
I am sure we looked a sight with blood dripping down all three of our arms, and a blood soaked rag on S's arm dashing into the ER! We got more than one comment of "well, you will be first" by the others in the waiting room.
Anyhow, by the time we got there the bleeding had stopped for the most part. I am so thankful. There are few things as scary as thinking your child could bleed to death in front of you.
So, to recap what we learned today:
1 wear shoes
2 change into clothes asap
3 do not run in the house
4 hold knives with the blade pointing to the floor
5 where, how and why to apply pressure

I will now teach my children basic first aid regularly! How and where to apply pressure, to put a clean rag and pressure directly on the wound and to stay calm (no screaming or hysteria) in a stressful situation.
To think, all that blood and only 4 stitches!
Next time I talk about stitches I will "knock on wood"....

Jayne

 

[threehorses]

Ohhhhhh /faint!!

I'm glad she's ok! I"m also glad I got to paragraph 2 that explained the knife wound was accidental and not an attack. Phew!