Chilled? Silkie Pullet

[Bear and Dart]

Friday night I was out and didn't get back until around 11:00, and went to lock the coop up. When I went inside I found my most dumb, fragile silkie pullet had escaped from the in-coop brooder and was not moving, eyes closed, a little cold, stiff, and barely breathing. I brought her inside and put her on a heated blanket and she improved a lot , eyes bright, walking a bit, peeping. She's been eating and drinking ( electrolyte water ) a little bit, but for the most part is sleepy, and lethargic. Has anyone else dealt with this before, and if so has your chick taken awhile to improve?

 

[azygous]

Hypothermia needs to be treated continuously until all symptoms pass. Keep warming her. Keep up the sugar and electrolytes.

 

[Eggcessive]

How old is she? Did she jump out of the brooder? How long could she have been without heat, food and water? I hope that you can save her.

 

[Yardmom]

If it is only hypothermia she likely can make a full recovery by being warmed. We have had a whole batch of chicks "pass out" when a storm blew the top off an outdoor brooder. The chicks were about 4 weeks at the time. How old is your chick?