help needed

[nightingale5151]

My chicks are a few days old and found 1 that cannot straighten its legs and crawls. Another cannot walk and just rolls.
is there anything I can do?
I am scared they get trampled
I am still waiting for the brooder kit to arrive
this is my first time

 

[pwiker]

I know that it is hard, but they are likely lost. I find that if they don't stand up the first day, they don't make it.

 

[nightingale5151]

So there is no way I can help them?.
Even separating them?.
Can they not survive ?
So what can I do?

 

[bobbi-j]

I know that it is hard, but they are likely lost. I find that if they don't stand up the first day, they don't make it.

I agree. The kindest thing you could do for these babies is to euthanize them.

 

[pwiker]

:-(

 

[nightingale5151]

How?
This is my first time with chicks

 

[bobbi-j]

Awful as it sounds, decapitation is, in my opinion, the quickest, most humane way. Especially with little ones like that. @lazy gardener has a way where you don’t have to see anything. I’ll try to describe it and hope she chimes in if I get it wrong. You take a paper lunch bag and a paper towel. Wrap the chick in the towel, hold the head over the bag and snip with a sharp scissors or garden nipper. Then put everything in the bag. It’s hard to kill a fuzzy baby chick, but not letting them suffer is part of animal husbandry. Those animals are dependent on us for their health and well-being. It’s our responsibility to do what is best for them and not what makes us feel good.

 

[pwiker]

For chicks, I normally will pinch the neck until the vertebrae separate. The first time is hard to do. Sorry for this.

 

[nightingale5151]

Omg not sure if I can do that.
but saying that I know it will put them out of their misery

 

[ClucksAndCombs]

My heart is breaking in this thread, but very helpful to know. Sending love to everyone who has to do this.