Injured two day old chick

[TSan70]

You’re doing great, don’t worry. We’re all here if you need guidance or have questions. Just be sure to keep the injury covered in ointment at all times as it’s healing. This is the best place for help raising chicks and there are such wonderful people here willing to help with illness and injury. Wonderful job stepping in to help this chick and welcome to the site, BTW.

oh her mother might be a naked neck, perhaps. The chick may be thinking you’re its mother, now, seeing you as a safe space as @Debbie292d said, edit to say oops sorry, I think that was actually @Nomadicus that said that , either way both had good advice! It may also get cold once you pull away. Baby chicks need to be kept warm, they can’t lock body heat in when they only have down feathers. You being at 98f is perfect for keeping her warm, so when you move her away from you she will be cold.

Thank you

You’re doing great, don’t worry. We’re all here if you need guidance or have questions. Just be sure to keep the injury covered in ointment at all times as it’s healing. This is the best place for help raising chicks and there are such wonderful people here willing to help with illness and injury. Wonderful job stepping in to help this chick and welcome to the site, BTW.

oh her mother might be a naked neck, perhaps. The chick may be thinking you’re its mother, now, seeing you as a safe space as @Debbie292d said, edit to say oops sorry, I think that was actually @Nomadicus that said that , either way both had good advice! It may also get cold once you pull away. Baby chicks need to be kept warm, they can’t lock body heat in when they only have down feathers. You being at 98f is perfect for keeping her warm, so when you move her away from you she will be cold.

Thank you so much. Google kept giving me answers from the website, so I decided to join. Everyone is helping me help her.

 

[TSan70]

Your hands are providing heat for it. She will peep loudly when cold.

She sure does

 

[chrissynemetz]

Good luck with your little chick

 

[TSan70]

Good luck with your little chick

Thank you

 

[TSan70]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

Since it's eating and drinking, I'd keep the area covered with your triple antibiotic. You can give aspirin for pain relief but it's so minuscule of an amt. A baby aspirin has 81 mg, and they give 40 mg. to adults 3x a day, and a bantam, 20 mg. This thread discusses dosages, but best I can ascertain for a baby chick is I'd grind up 1/4 of a baby aspirin, then take half of that and mix it in its water, some raw egg yolk, or make a mash with its crumbles. It has to be in pain but it might be feeling better having your antibiotic ointment on it too.

Seeing it's eating and drinking, it may be just fine. Remember it still needs heat, around 85-90F. If you don't have anything, a covered heating pad might get you by.

I did the antibiotic ointment, the electrolyte mix (I got the recipe from one of the members) and she was OK for me to put her down and she is sleeping. I hope that's a good sign.

 

[Debbie292d]

I did the antibiotic ointment, the electrolyte mix (I got the recipe from one of the members) and she was OK for me to put her down and she is sleeping. I hope that's a good sign.

That's good! Do you have her on a heating pad or something though? She's going to get cold.

 

[TSan70]

Do you have a heating pad or a brooder plate? Since the hen no longer wants to be a mama, you will need to provide to is chick with heat.

Here is a homemade electrolyte solution:


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If you don’t have these ingredients, just go with some room temp water with a bit of sugar or honey mixed in.

I did the mix
I was able to finally lay her down, and now she's sleeping
I hope it's a good sign
Thank you so much

 

[TSan70]

That's good! Do you have her on a heating pad or something though? She's going to get cold.

I have her in a little bucket, I made like a nest for her with a towel. The other side has paper towel with food and water. Water is in a shallow container lid. I also have a lamp with an appliance light bulb over the bucket. The bucket feels warm, not hot hot. I think it was in Google that I read about the lamp. I hope it's okay, since she's sleeping I'm thinking she feels warm. I'm constantly checking on her.

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Welcome to BYC
Good luck with your chick, and i'm sorry for your loss

 

[DobieLover]

First of all, you are doing a great job working on saving that chick. But you have a long road ahead and she will need an awful lot of care and attention to heal from her horrific injury.

She's not wanting to move away from my arms

She wants (needs) your heat. And probably companionship. You might want to put a little mirror into her brooder when you have to put her in there.

an appliance light bulb over the bucket. The bucket feels warm, not hot hot.

Be careful about heating this way. You may want to drill some holes in the side of the bucket for ventilation and to prevent it from getting too warm.
Just keeping checking on her. You will also want to check her vent once or twice daily to make sure she doesn't develop pasty butt. That is when the poop does not fall free from her fluff and dries up on her butt instead. It can paste itself over her vent and keep her from being able to poop. This condition can be caused by stress (she has plenty of that) and overheating.

I hope it's okay, since she's sleeping

That's a good sign. She needs rest to heal. If she is willingly eating and drinking on her own and resting, and you keep her wound clean and her well fed, she will recover. I've seen pictures of chickens with this kind of injury fully recover.