Lifeless chick

[Kayla bantams]

Hi so 2 egg salad have hatched by this morning. 1 died and the other is so lifeless mum isn’t showing much interest in him he’s just lay at side of her I actually thought he was dead, she is still sitting on eggs also? Am just not sure if I should intervene or leave them be, if so what do I do? These are her first hatchings.

 

[Shadrach]

Hi so 2 egg salad have hatched by this morning. 1 died and the other is so lifeless mum isn’t showing much interest in him he’s just lay at side of her I actually thought he was dead, she is still sitting on eggs also? Am just not sure if I should intervene or leave them be, if so what do I do? These are her first hatchings.

It's a shame one died.
I would remove the dead chick and tuck the one lying by the hens side, if it's still alive, underneath the hens rear end. The chicks need to be kept warm.
First hatching's can be a problem, particularly if the hen is still a pullet.

 

[Kayla bantams]

It's a shame one died.
I would remove the dead chick and tuck the one lying by the hens side, if it's still alive, underneath the hens rear end. The chicks need to be kept warm.
First hatching's can be a problem, particularly if the hen is still a pullet.

Iv just been out to tuck him under and she’s already got him under her now, I can see his head popping out and he is trying to lift it so fingers crossed for him!
Thanks for the advice.

 

[Shadrach]

Iv just been out to tuck him under and she’s already got him under her now, I can see his head popping out and he is trying to lift it so fingers crossed for him!
Thanks for the advice.

Ime when new mums hatch chicks, if the chick gets out from underneath her she isn't quite sure what to do with it. I've had young hens peck at the new chicks, I've assumed to get them to go underneath her but I don't know. Of course a very young chick may not be able to manage to walk through the bedding and may not know which end of the hen they should be at. It's a problem I've partially resolved by having earth in the nesting boxes in which the hen makes a hollow. This helps to stop the eggs rolling from underneath her and when the chicks hatch, helps keep them underneath her while the rest of the clutch hatches.
I put water and chick starter food in as soon as the chicks start to show.
Good luck with the rest of the eggs.

 

[Shadrach]

Welcome to BYC by the way.

 

[Kayla bantams]

Welcome to BYC by the way.

Thank you it has been a life saver to me these past couple of days!