We hatched an egg and now Do not know what to do?

[Sophia Taleb]

The mother hen left one egg that had a chick inside ,as i was removing the dud eggs to throw out ,i found one breathing and chirping,i tried to put it back under the mother but she would have nothing to do with it. I bought it inside and now it looks good,it is chirping and moving around but still can't stand and won't take any food from the syringe. How do i go about raising and looking after it,I do not think it would survive or that the mother would accept it if I took it outside.

 

[lazy gardener]

You will need to keep it at 90 - 95 degrees for the first week. Does the hen have other chicks that hatched about the same time? If so, you could keep this chick inside and warm until it is able to run around. Then stick it under her at night with the rest of her babies. (best to be done within the first 2 days.) Don't worry about getting food into it right now. It has enough yolk reserve to be ok for a couple of days. In fact, you could do more harm by trying to hand feed it. If Mama does not have other babies, you'll have to raise it by yourself. If possible, get it a little chick buddy or 2 to raise with it. Chicks raised alone have a hard time learning to socialize with flock mates. Type any questions you have in the search bar at the top of the page, and you'll find threads started by people who have similar questions. A lot of good answers will be posted to help you along. Good luck with your baby.

 

[Sophia Taleb]

yeh, it seems to choke everytime i try to inject water and food into its mouth,so I will avoid that. Should i just wet the beak ,so it doesn't dry out. Thank You for replying,I am in suburban city and know nothing about rearing chicks.

 

[3riverschick]

yeh, it seems to choke everytime i try to inject water and food into its mouth,so I will avoid that. Should i just wet the beak ,so it doesn't dry out. Thank You for replying,I am in suburban city and know nothing about rearing chicks.

Ok, you probably have a feed store for the horsey/urban farmer crowd or a Tractor Supply near you. Go there an buy a 4 oz. bottle of Poultry Nutri-Drench. About 7.-10 per bottle. Just one drop by mouth per chick. It's very concentrated. Give in water for the 1st 2-3 weeks of life to give them a strong start. This solution doesn't need to be digested. 50% uptake in 15 minutes. 99% uptake in 30 minutes. great stuff, I have used it for a decade on my poultry and dogs. Treat this chick just like it has travel stress. See post number one on this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/746509/how-to-deal-with-travel-stress-in-baby-chicks
Best Regards,
Karen in western PA, USA
Now if they don't have PND, you can use Goat Nutri-Drench or Pet Nutri-Drops. Tho the Bovidr Labs solutions are species specific, their basic formulas also fall within the guidelines for a universal donor solution. So you can use one of the other solutions as a stopgap until you can find the one for your species. I have used Goat Nutri-Drench and Beef Nutri-Drench on my dogs with success.

 

[3riverschick]

You will need to keep it at 90 - 95 degrees for the first week. Does the hen have other chicks that hatched about the same time? If so, you could keep this chick inside and warm until it is able to run around. Then stick it under her at night with the rest of her babies. (best to be done within the first 2 days.) Don't worry about getting food into it right now. It has enough yolk reserve to be ok for a couple of days. In fact, you could do more harm by trying to hand feed it. If Mama does not have other babies, you'll have to raise it by yourself. If possible, get it a little chick buddy or 2 to raise with it. Chicks raised alone have a hard time learning to socialize with flock mates. Type any questions you have in the search bar at the top of the page, and you'll find threads started by people who have similar questions. A lot of good answers will be posted to help you along. Good luck with your baby.

This is great advice. You should follow it. If you feed the chick before the yolk is fully absorbed,
you can keep the yolk from being fully absorbed. This is not good for the chicks health.
Best,
Karen

 

[Sophia Taleb]

I will inquire about them. Thanks for heads up !

 

[gander007]

In my + 50 years I would say you are raising the chick and you will need to keep the beak moist
at a minimum and try this boil up an egg and peal it and mash it up real good and try to feed the
chick the egg a little at a time and do not try to put it in the frig as it will go bad so no longer then
eight hours and feed to the other chicks if you have any left over ....

The chick is very small and young so be easy with the eye dropper the is why momma did not want it

Do not feel bad if the chick passes as you have tried all you could as mother nature already said good buy

And do what Lazy Gardener wrote temp 90 to 95 degrees and every thing else Lazy Gardner put down
I have to agree with

gander007

 

[Sophia Taleb]

I will do that right now