daughter dropped something on her fav chick now legs not moving

[thechickenchick]

I was wondering too. Hoping for the best.

 

[bethinoklahoma]

well Im not sure where we are on this...
He is alive.... He is not cheeping like he is
in any type of pain. Today he seems to be
moving his legs alittle. He is not standing yet
at all. When we pick him up he does move them
around. One leg is out in front of him in an ODD
way in fact. It does seem okay to move back to a
"normal" way. We held him up with his food and he
PIGGED out big time. I mean he really has eatting.
Didnt drink like that but did take some water. We put
him in a small plastic tub with shavings inside the main
hen house with all of the other chicks. He is under the
light to be warm. He seemed to "cheer-up" but my
husband said that was silly...
Do you guys think he will recover ? AnnaBell my 6 year
old wants to make a wheel chair... ;o)

 

[Zahboo]

I'm sure he'll get better. Is she blaming herself? I hope not. Maybe she can make him a get well soon card ?

 

[JennsPeeps]

Keep giving him food & water & time. It's really amazing what they're recover from.

I stepped on my BO chick's foot when she was about 2 weeks old. I felt AWFUL. She screamed, ran away from me, and favored her foot for days. It was black & blue, and very swollen. She eventually healed and now I can't even tell which foot it was.

Keep the faith & vigil for now. give this baby some time and see if he heals.

 

[bethinoklahoma]

She does blame herself yes... She wants to not do babies next year.. Poor thing took a long walk after.. reading your post did make her feel better so thank you, you guys that was nice... Will touch base again tomorrow.

beth

 

[Zahboo]

These things happen. I felt HORRIBLE when I found out my chick had a slipped tendon and I could have fixed it. I just thought it was normal! She got to the point the bigger she got, the less she moved, and well... She's better off. I loved her and couldn't make her suffer. Your chick sounds like it's going to recover quickly!

 

[BobLoblaw]

I had a bad experience about a month ago, where I stepped on one of my son's rats. As I stepped backwards I felt bones snapping and before I could lean forward I'd put all my weight on her. She laid there not moving and sort of curled up on her side on the floor. I immediately picked her up and she wasn't moving, in fact there was some blood coming out of her mouth.

I put her in her cage with the other female (who actually brought her food, rats can be extremely compassionate). I was absolutely positive she wouldn't make it through the night.

Well, it's been a month and she's just fine, running around, eating, playful. I was sure bones were broken, but in the end I can't find anything wrong with her as I feel her body with my hands.

Animals (including humans) have an amazing ability to survive all kinds of traumatic injuries. I can't say for sure yours will live, but it sounds like it's a good possibilty.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, pet losses are so hard.

 

[btrent94]

Well i got my first chicks a few weeks back (3) and on the 4th day one died because it was retarded .. literally we figured it out the day before .. not mentally but physically nothing was growing no feathers just fuzz and i woke up one morning and there she was on her side

poor thing ...

and then the next week i took the remaining two outside for their first field trip

they loved they flapped and hopped around and i went in there to play with them and hit this huge 4x4 piece of wood just standing there in fell and landed right on my BO .. she Screamed like nothing ive ever heard before .. i almost began to panic when she squiggled her way out from under it

she stood in the corner for about a minute but then immediately went back with the other chick like nothing had ever happened... well kinda

I didnt want to put her in her own brooder for the night cause that leaves the other one alone .. so i just let her do her thing and she still has no visible injuries (might grow up to be alittle dumb)

she rans away from me .. she hated me .. i think she knews i did it .. everyday though she became less afraid of me, i guess shes started to forgive me..

and now she loves me runs to my hand and everything i just had to pay her a little extra attention

So just tell your daughter the chick will make it and the baby will forgive her, she just needs to pay a little extra attention

 

[JennsPeeps]

Quote:
I'm not sure this advice may be a good practice, as there are never any promises when animals are injured. Instead, I would use this as a learning opprtunity with your daughter to talk about responsbilities we have to our animals: it's our job to take care of them, which includes deciding when it it's necessary to make tough decisions about their lives. This chick may, or may not, survive intact. It wouldn't be fair to your daughter to tell her anything but the truth about the chick's chances for a healthy life.

I do hope, however, that we've all given you the support and hope you need to hang in there with this baby until it either heals or you have to make a hard decision about its quality of life.

 

[Zahboo]

Where's today update! I want to hear how well he's walking!