My heart dropped, did I do that last night when giving them fresh water for the night. I was sick to my stomach. I immediately thought the baby was dead. It laid there lifeless, legs sprawled out and cold to touch. I picked it up and held it in my hand as I was stroking its back, thinking it had a broken back, I saw an eye flutter. Oh it was still alive wow! I panicked a little and didn't know what to do. I gave it some water off my finger and laid it in the box it had came in under the heat lamp protected from the rest of the crew. I immediately came inside and googled "How to nurse a baby chick". This is the only thing I read before returning outside still panicking a little. When I returned outside I gave the baby some more water off my finger and held her in my hand. I started thinking main causes of baby chick deaths are getting too cold and dehydration. How to warm someone who is going into hypothermia? Body Heat!! I ended up holding the baby chick in my hand, cupped on my chest for several hours yesterday morning, I couldn't put her down. After a couple hours of holding her my fingers started to sweat and I could feel the strength in her neck, she was holding her head up and waking up to sunlight and the other noises here on my farm. When she started moving her legs I took that as a great sign her back wasn't broke. I held her a little longer and decided to see if she could stand on her own. I took her back to the heat lamp and put her down. She just stood there dazed and confused. I dipped her beak back in the water and put some food around her. Today I don't even know which one went thru that trama yesterday!!! I am one happy person right now!
