Ok that's it, silkies are just plain suicidal. Just ended a 3 hour long thunderstorm and it was time to put everyone up for the night. To my horror Holly only has 4 chicks, my favorite one is missing. In order to properly look for it I put her and her 4 up and momma and her 10 up so I can hear for a distressed chick. I hear nothing, but scanning everywhere I do not find a body either. On my 3rd trip around the building near the ramp I hear a faint peeping, but it sounds like it is one of the chicks under Holly. Just to be sure I look under the ramp and there she is, wedged under the ramp. I get her out and she is cold, wet and shivering. Bring her in to dry her off and give her a bit of save-a-chick that I mixed up for her. Used a medicine cup and she drank 2 tablespoons of it then ate a bit of chick crumble. I just took her back out and put her under Holly who was happy to see her but bit me for good measure. I swear these chicks are going to give me my first grey hair, something my now teenage daughter has yet to do.
