I have its house set up, I jump the gun too quick and washed its bum of all the little pasty. I have it in my lap still under the heating pad, its bum is almost dry. Is there anything else I should do once I put it in it house, or should I just watch it and make sure it has everything it needs.
All I can say is make sure it has grit, chicks need grit if they are eating anything other than chick food.
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Yay! glad things are looking up! I had a chick who was struggling and wouldn't eat everyday I would cuddle her and feed her plain yogurt and egg mixed in with her food to try and get her to eat. After weeks and weeks and her looking a day old at two months, she decided to start eating. It was a magical moment. She went outside and we got her a frizzle friend so they could be reintroduced together. They were best buds! A few weeks back she injured her leg, and it ended up being fatal. I miss her so much. As she was growing nature was throwing every possible challenge at her, failure to thrive, owl attack while letting her play outside, mites, she also had something which I am not sure what it was because I knew nothing about chickens (it may have been coccidiosis but no one else had symptoms) in the end it was her falling off the perch and damaging her hip/leg that got her, the vet said she couldn't recover so we had to put her down. I wish I had let her go earlier, it would have saved her so much suffering. I miss her. Hope your chick has a better ending!
Oh my god, that's sad. I'm glad your chick started eating 2 weeks later, it gives me hope, even though your story is very heart breaking.
Is there a way I can check? Do I have to use a device to check? Because I think I have one lying around somewhere, I just don't know where it could have gone.
I could try that, I tried to feed her some more food and she seemed upset when I did. So I might try that when she gets hungry again.
