Help with new chick!

[lorenlouise08]

I have a broody hen who has hatched 6 eggs so far. The seventh was having a hard time coming out of the egg. I helped it out, and it looked so miserable. The other chicks were stepping on it and mama just looked at it like she had no idea what to do. So I have it inside with a heat lamp. I don’t have an incubator. I have raised chicks before without a hen..but never a newly hatched one. Anyway, it is just rolling all over the place and chirping. It can’t stand up. When I pick it up it has a hard time keeping its neck up…no deformities that I can see. What can I do to help it along without an incubator to put it into? I did give it a tiny bit of raw egg yolk..did seem to perk up a tad after that

 

[Debbie292d]

I have a broody hen who has hatched 6 eggs so far. The seventh was having a hard time coming out of the egg. I helped it out, and it looked so miserable. The other chicks were stepping on it and mama just looked at it like she had no idea what to do. So I have it inside with a heat lamp. I don’t have an incubator. I have raised chicks before without a hen..but never a newly hatched one. Anyway, it is just rolling all over the place and chirping. It can’t stand up. When I pick it up it has a hard time keeping its neck up…no deformities that I can see. What can I do to help it along without an incubator to put it into? I did give it a tiny bit of raw egg yolk..did seem to perk up a tad after that

I'd keep doing what you're doing to keep it warm and let it rest. In a few hours when it's dry and trying to walk, you might notice something else wrong. Splayed legs and wry neck sometimes happen when chicks are assisted. Those can be fixed, but if it seems fine, I'd get it back under the hen.

It really doesn't need food/water for a couple of days, but I'd still sprinkle a few chick crumbles nearby.

 

[lorenlouise08]

I'd keep doing what you're doing to keep it warm and let it rest. In a few hours when it's dry and trying to walk, you might notice something else wrong. Splayed legs and wry neck sometimes happen when chicks are assisted. Those can be fixed, but if it seems fine, I'd get it back under the hen.

It really doesn't need food/water for a couple of days, but I'd still sprinkle a few chick crumbles nearby.

It’s starting to hold its neck up better, but still not walking. But it’s only been about 4 hours. It just kind of sits up with a bobble head, and falls over if it tries to walk.

 

[Debbie292d]

It’s starting to hold its neck up better, but still not walking. But it’s only been about 4 hours. It just kind of sits up with a bobble head, and falls over if it tries to walk.

That's normal for a newly-hatched chick. Just keep it warm and let it rest. Hatching is hard work!

 

[Debbie292d]

How is it doing today?

 

[Predoggg]

Any update? Hope it makes it and will be by Mama hen soon.