Emergency!!! Last chance for chick.

[loverofbirds14]

We gave my broody hen 2 chicks last night. One was killed and the other is nearing death. Half of its head is all blood and doesn't look good at all. It's pretty much a big hole. Is there anything I can do. For now we put it back in the incubator by itself to keep it warm. In the condition she's in, I don't think she'll live till tonight.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Newly hatched are a bit fragile but chickens in general are tough.
Clean the wound with betadine (an organic iodine). Pack it with Campho-Phenique and or a triple antibiotic like Neosporin or equate.
Make sure the chick drinks, preferably some water with vitamins/electrolytes or gro-gel and some agave nectar/honey/sugar for energy.
You need to dip the beak.

 

[loverofbirds14]

Newly hatched are a bit fragile but chickens in general are tough.
Clean the wound with betadine (an organic iodine). Pack it with Campho-Phenique and or a triple antibiotic like Neosporin or equate.
Make sure the chick drinks, preferably some water with vitamins/electrolytes or gro-gel and some agave nectar/honey/sugar for energy.
You need to dip the beak.

I don't have any special medicines. Is there something else I could clean it with? Also, the chick won't get up.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Any drug store will have those things.
You could flush it with salt water.
If it can't stand it may be too late but still worth a try.
The Walgreens by my house gives me syringes that I can give chicks things like water and yogurt down their throats.

 

[loverofbirds14]

The chick died this afternoon. It looked like the hen had broken the skull a little bit. Poor thing.