Freak accident this morning.
Went out to find this chick stuck to her mom, suspended in the air with a feather wrapped around the chick's wing. Not sure how long this had gone on, but the chick was dangling by the wing from the broody. Once I cut the feather off (thank goodness for curved tiny scissors), I ran lukewarm water over the wing for a few minutes, then wrapped the chick up.
The chick's wing is 'dropped' - s(he) can move it, but it doesn't tuck up like the other one right now.
Should I put a sling to help keep the wing tucked up-- if so, what should I use-- we're talking about a tiny 2 week old. Pictures below.
Right when I brought the chick in:
After I cut the feather off- it was tightly wrapped around her wing-- about 1.5hrs later- ran water over it for a while, applied Vetrycin for the abraision:
Went out to find this chick stuck to her mom, suspended in the air with a feather wrapped around the chick's wing. Not sure how long this had gone on, but the chick was dangling by the wing from the broody. Once I cut the feather off (thank goodness for curved tiny scissors), I ran lukewarm water over the wing for a few minutes, then wrapped the chick up.
The chick's wing is 'dropped' - s(he) can move it, but it doesn't tuck up like the other one right now.
Should I put a sling to help keep the wing tucked up-- if so, what should I use-- we're talking about a tiny 2 week old. Pictures below.
Right when I brought the chick in:
After I cut the feather off- it was tightly wrapped around her wing-- about 1.5hrs later- ran water over it for a while, applied Vetrycin for the abraision: