Help 1 day old chick hurt and very weak

[Splinky01]

i stupidly left 1 of my hens with a newborn chick in the chicken coop. ( in a cat box away from other hens) but they could still get to her and this morning found chick had been pulled out from mum and looked lifeless. Amazingly it was still breathing. Have held it ever since,( around 3/4 hours) propping it’s head up and feeding drops of sugar water . Again amazingly it’s still alive and drinking. My hands got very sweaty will this cause a problem?! Is this futile or is there hope? Also how long do I do this as I have 3 Kids a home as summer hols her in uk! Thanks Natalie

 

[casportpony]

How is you chick doing today?

 

[Splinky01]

It’s the 3rd day now and chick is still alive but it’s not able to sit up or walk/ move. I have to support its head to feed . It’s a strong little thing but obv I can’t go on much longer doing this as we go away soon ! I’m thinking it’s best if it is euthanised I blame myself as I was busy and meant to move the hen out of danger ( her box was accessible to other hens) so the perfectly well baby was attacked by the others . I’m so stupid! The hen in question is now sharing 3 chicks with 2 Pekins ! The Pekins seem a bit useless and don’t seem to be showing chicks what to do ( just sitting and not moving about) they are young . Chickpea the serama is doing the work of showing them how to peck etc! They seem quite happy together but feel bad as she was only hatching 1 egg . ( There was a staggered hatch) 5 hatched in first 2 days so hen is looking after them and then I gave 5 eggs between 3 Broodys! All hatched a couple of days later except one egg. So 8 are doing well . Such a shame I mucked up. Do you think I should take chick to Vets’s to euthanise? poor lil thing it’s chirping now too ! thanks for responding to my question !

 

[casportpony]

When are you going on vacation?

 

[Kat2141]

It’s the 3rd day now and chick is still alive but it’s not able to sit up or walk/ move. I have to support its head to feed . It’s a strong little thing but obv I can’t go on much longer doing this as we go away soon ! I’m thinking it’s best if it is euthanised I blame myself as I was busy and meant to move the hen out of danger ( her box was accessible to other hens) so the perfectly well baby was attacked by the others . I’m so stupid! The hen in question is now sharing 3 chicks with 2 Pekins ! The Pekins seem a bit useless and don’t seem to be showing chicks what to do ( just sitting and not moving about) they are young . Chickpea the serama is doing the work of showing them how to peck etc! They seem quite happy together but feel bad as she was only hatching 1 egg . ( There was a staggered hatch) 5 hatched in first 2 days so hen is looking after them and then I gave 5 eggs between 3 Broodys! All hatched a couple of days later except one egg. So 8 are doing well . Such a shame I mucked up. Do you think I should take chick to Vets’s to euthanise? poor lil thing it’s chirping now too ! thanks for responding to my question !

Do you know or have a friend that knows Reiki? I had a sick chick when I got my girls last year and I did that with her and she got better. Then I did it with a chick that had been trying to hatch out for over 10 hours (I saw it started during my last check in the coop, still in the shell in the morning). It was very weak when I opened the shell. I picked it up, did Reiki and put it back with the hen and I have no idea today which of the 11 chicks it was. They are all strong and healthy.