So, first thing's first, I have this maybe one-month-old chick in my lap right now, wrapped in a facecloth because of something that happened maybe thirty minutes ago.
Me and my father decided that, since it's very sunny today, upwards of seventy degrees, we'd let one of the mothers and her six chicks out into the yard. We let them out, thought it was going pretty well, and left for maybe ten, twenty minutes to get some slushies.
When we returned, we found one of the six chicks floating in the water trough; at first, we were horrified to think that she was dead, but at a closer range, we saw she was still alive. Quickly, we scooped her out from in the water, bundled her up inside of a facecloth, and thrust her into my lap, where she is now sitting.
She is chirping, not very loudly, but an average sounding chirp. She is moving slightly; she is still too exhausted from her ordeal to move around too much, but she can shake her head and, as she did two minutes ago, struggle for maybe a second. She's breathing regularly, I believe her heartbeat is fine, but she's shivering, and is still wet. Is there hope for this baby chick? And if so, is there anything I can do for her? I'm just afraid she'll catch pneumonia or something.
Could anyone help? I'd really appreciate it.
She's stopped shivering as much, but I think she has some water up her nose.
Me and my father decided that, since it's very sunny today, upwards of seventy degrees, we'd let one of the mothers and her six chicks out into the yard. We let them out, thought it was going pretty well, and left for maybe ten, twenty minutes to get some slushies.
When we returned, we found one of the six chicks floating in the water trough; at first, we were horrified to think that she was dead, but at a closer range, we saw she was still alive. Quickly, we scooped her out from in the water, bundled her up inside of a facecloth, and thrust her into my lap, where she is now sitting.
She is chirping, not very loudly, but an average sounding chirp. She is moving slightly; she is still too exhausted from her ordeal to move around too much, but she can shake her head and, as she did two minutes ago, struggle for maybe a second. She's breathing regularly, I believe her heartbeat is fine, but she's shivering, and is still wet. Is there hope for this baby chick? And if so, is there anything I can do for her? I'm just afraid she'll catch pneumonia or something.
Could anyone help? I'd really appreciate it.
She's stopped shivering as much, but I think she has some water up her nose.
