Rural Gardening: Refugee from the fire., 1 by got2Bgreen

got2Bgreen wrote:
My neighbor's barn burned down last night with all of her baby chicks in it. They think the heat lamp started the fire. She found this little one this afternoon apparently the only one that made it through. It seems to be unharmed other than soot on its beak and a sore on its back but that appears to be from being picked on and not by the fire.

It seems to be in shock now, just stands there peeping once in a while. I've given it water and a quiet room but I don't know what else to do. Thought I'd try feeding it tomorrow. All of my other chickens are laying right now so I don't want to put it with the others and I have no chick food. Would feeding it layer food be ok in the short term?

This message was edited Jun 10, 2008 8:45 PM