Help! Accidentally gave baby chicks Arizona Green Tea!!!

[Chicklove88]

It should be fine! welcome to byc! don't feel bad! I love my chickens to bits (literately in this story) I had just let my chicks in a (covered) pen outside and was fixing the fence I created them and they are very freindly and were right beside me when I cut the HUGE roll of chicken wire from my T post to make the pen larger and I dropped it on my 2 sweetest barred rock chicks. I started bawling immediately and lifted the wire off (thinking I am going to see 2 dead chicks) and they were both alive!! I gave them some Nutri drench, separated, and checked for broken bones... None! they both hurt a leg, but were back to normal overnight for one (less severely crushed) and 1 week for the other! I love them too this day!

It should be fine! welcome to byc! don't feel bad! I love my chickens to bits (literately in this story) I had just let my chicks in a (covered) pen outside and was fixing the fence I created them and they are very freindly and were right beside me when I cut the HUGE roll of chicken wire from my T post to make the pen larger and I dropped it on my 2 sweetest barred rock chicks. I started bawling immediately and lifted the wire off (thinking I am going to see 2 dead chicks) and they were both alive!! I gave them some Nutri drench, separated, and checked for broken bones... None! they both hurt a leg, but were back to normal overnight for one (less severely crushed) and 1 week for the other! I love them too this day!

Wow thats nuts! And what a miracle!!! I sort of know how u feel. I had these chicks not even 24 hours and a i made the kids sit if they wanted to hold one. One of the chicks hopped over and ran aroymd another girls legs and she freaked out and stepped on it.. and stood there. I was horrified. It looked like it passing out and couldnt walk. I separated and cried. Next thing i know the Polish was jumping out of the box and mad that i separated it from the others!!!! Face smack!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Wow thats nuts! And what a miracle!!! I sort of know how u feel. I had these chicks not even 24 hours and a i made the kids sit if they wanted to hold one. One of the chicks hopped over and ran aroymd another girls legs and she freaked out and stepped on it.. and stood there. I was horrified. It looked like it passing out and couldnt walk. I separated and cried. Next thing i know the Polish was jumping out of the box and mad that i separated it from the others!!!! Face smack!

I was so carefull too, but mistakes happen (alot.) chicks are tougher than they look!​

 

[Chicklove88]

Green tea is very high in tannins, even more than black tea, and tannin is toxic to chickens. I doubt your chicks got enough to cause any trouble, but if you are concerned, give them some gelatin. That will bind to the tannin and neutralize it.

Thank you! Where do i gey gelatin?

 

[Chicklove88]

I am sure also that they will be just fine
You on the other hand,

I do not believe You have not been neglectful .
As a matter of fact it sounds like you are doing a great job! Give yourself a break

Thank you. That means a lot

 

[Nats Chickens]

You can get powdered gelatin at the supermarket.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Weeds in water. Ha!!

Honestly, you probably made their day. My chickens LOVE sneaking sips from my drinks. They seem to favor sparkling water that I cut with juice, and they love smoothies. It's probably not a good idea to let them have it, but it happens.

If they start asking for chopsticks and custom kimonos, though, I'd probably worry a little.

 

[azygous]

Jello is gelatin.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Jello is gelatin.

Is there unflavored Jello? I'd probably avoid flavored gelatin due to sugar. Knox(?) brand makes unflavored gelatin in little envelopes.

And I learned to not take drink cups out to the run. The chickens see me sip from it and suddenly they're all standing around, hoping for a taste. Even if it's plain water. Clearly water in a cup is better than the water I give them.

 

[azygous]

I agree that sugar isn't desirable for chickens, but flavored Jello, especially the red ones, will make sure the chicks drink it. They don't need much. I would just mix it up and give it to them without bothering to chill and harden it. Put it in a chick water bottle.

We use flavored Jello in our homemade electrolyte recipes. Sugar consumed in a minimal amount just this one time isn't going to do lasting damage.

 

[Dancing With Chickens]

Hey guys i am new to this website and am fairly new to chick owning. I accidentally gave my 2 week old baby chicks Arizona tea with green tea in ginsing, vitamin c, sugar. Is it TOXIC???They only had access to it for about 10min before i realized what i did, so i dont think theu got much but i definitely saw them drink it! I know it sounds stupid and how could i be such a terrible negligent owner, please help! It been about 20 min. They are acting fine. Shoud i worry or do anything? I immediately rinsed out the waterer gave them their normal water with probiotics and electrolytes and diluted it again with 50% normal tap water.

I had used an old Arizona tea jug to mix their water and labeled it and put it in the fridge. Well there was another exact same jug in the fridge that had real tea and i gave it to them. I put the jug back in fridge and saw their labeled jug already in the fridge!!! It looked just like theirs!!! Idk why i didnt notice i gave them the jug labeled for them!!
I feel horrible!

I give my chicks oregano tea (oregano leaves steeped in water), so I think urs will be fine Green tea is healthy, so it's not like they drank a Red Bull XD. I wish you the best of luck! If you would like to check out my blog on the basics of baby chicks, click on this link!
https://dancing-with-chickens.com/2018/07/21/happy-healthy-birds-from-day-1/