Dizzy/Unbalanced chick since child mishandled chick

[cristina]

How can I help this little one?? I was nursing and caring for its splayed leg sibling and my 4 year old was rough with it. Now he's unbalanced, hesitant to walk, and falls forward sometimes. Does he just need rest? How can I help it? I'm so mad at myself for allowing this to happen! Help please! I hatched 2 our of 7 (first time hatching) and am over the moon about it, am hopeful about my splayed leg chick, but now this.

 

[Folly's place]

Sop sorry! Nursing care; keep it eating and drinking, on it's own if at all possible, in a comfortable brooder, and hope for the best. The two chicks should be together, on bedding that they can handle, not newspaper or anything even slightly slippery.
Chicks are fragile! I guess you just found this out.
Good luck,
Mary

 

[cristina]

I'm heartbroken to say my initially vibrant and healthy chick just died in my husband's hands. She developed wry neck yesterday (after my daughter mishandled her) and she woke up looking worse. We held her, tried to give her water and food and she just stopped moving and breathing. I'm distraught. Meanwhile my other (crippled, splay-legged) chick, after 2 days of full time treatment, love and physical therapy is back up and walking and we're not as happy as we should be because we killed his brother.

this is so hard......

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Hugs. The hardest thing for me to learn helping a friend who was ill keep his feed store running was some baby chicks were not going to make it. Despite efforts. There were just some that failed to thrive we did try extra care but I began to see which birds might bounce back and which had no chance. It is hard to loose them.

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry for your loss. You will need more chicks about the age of your survivor if possible, so she has flockmates. Two is a difficult number to have; three or more is better. And small children are very risky with small animals.
Mary

 

[3riverschick]

These things happen .don't beat yourself up about it . make sure the child doesn't feel a lot of grief over it. sometimes chicks don't make it. .sometimes it's our fault ,sometimes it's their fault.
just go ahead and move on .it might help your little child to go ahead and get some extra chicks to replace the one that died . that might be a very good idea.
Best,
Karen