Injured chick just found

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. The Best of Luck with your Chick. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska!

 

[LizGio]

I have chick starter(from another chick I tried to rescue but it passed away I believe from overheated on heat pad. :-( it was only a few days old. - no electrolytes

You can use Gatorade or Pedialyte. I've used taste and dye free Pedialyte... Depending on pharmacy or farm supply being closer to you.

 

[Boppo]

Glad to meet you. You are doing great with that chick, and we are all rooting for you and that little guy. Be sure the chick has space to get under the heating pad (or near the rice sock, but also give it a big enough box so it can get out if it gets too hot.

 

[NatJ]

I have a heated rice sock that I’ve been re-heating for 40 sec in the microwave. And then putting in a small box with lots of fuzzy socks and washcloths around like a nest.

For getting it warm in the first place, this is good.

But once it is warm and active, it will do much better if it can go in and out of a warm space.
Baby chicks naturally follow their mother around, eating and drinking, and snuggle underneath her to get warm when they need to. They do not stay warm all the time.

So it usually works well to make one space warm with a heat lamp, or a brooder plate, or a heating pad made into a cave, or something of the sort. And then have a larger space that is not warm, where the food and water are. That way the chick can go back and forth and keep itself at the right temperature.

My heat pad only goes from 113 then 130 degrees. I’m afraid to overheat it, as I believe that happened to another chick I tried to save as well… I had it set at 130 and lined it with washcloths and socks but when I had come back to check on the chick, it passed away. I believe it was due to too much heat. It was doing so well before that. Now I am just using a heated furry. sock with rice in .

A heating pad like that can be used, IF it is set up so the chick can come and go, and IF the chick is healthy enough to move itself around. When the chick can move freely, it might sit closer to the heating pad or further away from it, dependng on what temperature it needs at the time.

(But all of these things I am saying are for healthy chicks that can move around. For a chick that is too chilled or weak to move, you are right to be very careful with the temperature, and you are right that such a chick cannot self-regulate their temperature by moving to a different place.)

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined our flock.

 

[tropicalbliss]

I will take a picture when it wakes up. I’m letting it rest n

 

[tropicalbliss]

I will take a picture when it wakes up. I’m letting it rest now.

Aloha Janiedoe!
Thank you so much for your great advice! I looked up how to make electrolytes from scratch and gave some to my little Maile… and I also fed it scrambled eggs which I believe the servings made all the difference! This baby has made a huge recovery!!