Help! Is it Time to Help This Little One?

[Lrpete]

The incubator would provide the ideal warmth. Chick does not need to eat for the first days of her life. Consider how hatcheries mail day old chicks. They do not include feed with box. Don't give up
Incubator would be better than the heating pad IMO.
Open up every so often to introduce fresh air, unless there is sufficient ventilation in your incubator. She needs oxygen.

I’ve put him back in the bator with the last two eggs. His problem is he seems to have a lot of energy, but he can’t walk. He can use his legs to prop himself up against something, but he can’t stand. If this doesn’t resolve in the next couple of days, I will have to consider euthanasia, but I don’t know how to do it humanely. Any suggestions?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I’ve put him back in the bator with the last two eggs. His problem is he seems to have a lot of energy, but he can’t walk. He can use his legs to prop himself up against something, but he can’t stand. If this doesn’t resolve in the next couple of days, I will have to consider euthanasia, but I don’t know how to do it humanely. Any suggestions?

Scissors. Hold chick's head firmly, snip off the head over the trash bin. Takes 3 seconds.

 

[Lrpete]

Scissors. Hold chick's head firmly, snip off the head over the trash bin. Takes 3 seconds.

 

[cavemanrich]

Try feeding lil one with an eyedropper. First see if you can give water with eydroper. If swallows the water, try giving some ripe bannana. Take some of the chick feed crumbles, and make a paste, and try that also.
Only thing I can think as suggestion.

 

[Curnow]

Give him time in the incubator, try feeding mashed hard boiled eggs. I have had a few that took a while to get up and moving.

 

[Lrpete]

To all who replied and offered advice...thank you. Thank you for your help and concern. As time went on, it became obvious that this little tyke was never going to walk. His legs just weren’t right and didn’t seem stable through the thigh. This morning he was crying and crying and was in much distress, so I made the decision to ease his suffering. It was such a hard decision, but he was already starting to lose weight. While he would take a couple drops of electrolytes, I couldn’t get him to take food. It was obvious he wouldn’t survive and would never walk, so I did what I thought was best. I know I’m not the first to have to make this decision, but it was the first time I’ve had to make this decision and it was my first incubation. On the bright side, I have 16 healthy babes in the tote and they’re all doing well.

 

[HappyClucker7]

To all who replied and offered advice...thank you. Thank you for your help and concern. As time went on, it became obvious that this little tyke was never going to walk. His legs just weren’t right and didn’t seem stable through the thigh. This morning he was crying and crying and was in much distress, so I made the decision to ease his suffering. It was such a hard decision, but he was already starting to lose weight. While he would take a couple drops of electrolytes, I couldn’t get him to take food. It was obvious he wouldn’t survive and would never walk, so I did what I thought was best. I know I’m not the first to have to make this decision, but it was the first time I’ve had to make this decision and it was my first incubation. On the bright side, I have 16 healthy babes in the tote and they’re all doing well.

I'm sorry you had to put him down.