Alright so I told you all how a week ago my Polish chicks got on the other side of the brooder and got trampled to death. Well.. My brillant mother decided to lock the big chicks in the run and let the babies run around a bit in the coop. So she leaned a piece of plywood up against the door while I was busy riding horses. I come in to check on my little sweeties, and I hear some chripping.
The piece of plywood had fallen down and all the big chicks were in with the little guys again. I freak out. And check. whew. Nobody appears hurt.
Well I go to pick the piece of plywood up and throw all the big ones out. And WAHHHH there is two chicks that got squished when it fell, then walked on top of! And unfortunetly one is my polish's again! I lost one of every single color of polish chicks now!
I instantly start bawling. And I go to pick the two little dead chickes up and the BLRW starts crying. It's alive! I don't know how after being smushed into a pancake, but it is. So I rush it into the house.
I cry over it and hold it and stroke it for a few hours, and give it water and some food. Then I put it in my inside broody with my tiny chicks. It ate, drank. But mostly it just stands there, with it's feathers all puffed up and trembling. I think it is really hurting.
Well against my belief it lived through the night. It still just stands all puffed up and shakes. I have to leave tomorrow to go to a 4 day government class. *bangs head on desk* And I'm freaking out cause I don't think my family can take care of it like I can.
Is there anything I should do? What could I do to make it better? It seems... not to have anything broken. But I'm so worried it has like internal damage or something.
The piece of plywood had fallen down and all the big chicks were in with the little guys again. I freak out. And check. whew. Nobody appears hurt.
Well I go to pick the piece of plywood up and throw all the big ones out. And WAHHHH there is two chicks that got squished when it fell, then walked on top of! And unfortunetly one is my polish's again! I lost one of every single color of polish chicks now!
I instantly start bawling. And I go to pick the two little dead chickes up and the BLRW starts crying. It's alive! I don't know how after being smushed into a pancake, but it is. So I rush it into the house.
I cry over it and hold it and stroke it for a few hours, and give it water and some food. Then I put it in my inside broody with my tiny chicks. It ate, drank. But mostly it just stands there, with it's feathers all puffed up and trembling. I think it is really hurting.
Well against my belief it lived through the night. It still just stands all puffed up and shakes. I have to leave tomorrow to go to a 4 day government class. *bangs head on desk* And I'm freaking out cause I don't think my family can take care of it like I can.
Is there anything I should do? What could I do to make it better? It seems... not to have anything broken. But I'm so worried it has like internal damage or something.
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