I'm new at this and not doing very well. Out of three, one has died and I've dropped another. The tiniest little two week old silkie managed to just slide out of my hands without my noticing. I was holding the frizzle also, after some outdoors in the sun time, both close against my chest so they couldn't fall and yet she slipped through somehow and fell about four feet to a wood floor. This was yesterday. She was a bit dazed of course. I put her and her buddy and a feather duster into their brooder and she survived the night. This morning I was surprised that she was still with us but noticed that she's unsteady on her feet. Bonnie, her friend, who is three times her size, knocks her down and the she can't get up, or she trips getting into the food dish and flounders there. I found her in the chick waterer stuck. She is eating and drinking. I haven't observed pooping yet, I've been at work all day but this morning she did have a pasty butt that I cleaned off. If I put her on her feet, she's fine, scrambles around and seems fine but if she gets tipped over, she's stuck. I've seperated the two although it's breaking both their hearts. One bin is on top of the other so they can talk to each other. Has anyone had this happened? Can a chick survive something like that? Would I know if she had internal bleeding? There's nothing unusual about her tushie or beak, no fluid leaking or antyhing. Eyes are bright. Chirping. I just feel so terrible. I wanted to take family leave at work today to come watch her. My guy says she doesn't weigh enough for it to have been a hard impact and her wings would have slowed her down although she doesn't have much in the wing way being silkie and all. Is there anything else I can do for her?
