Found newborn chick (possibly injured) – no supplies, need urgent advice

Hey, it’s Evie (Pen Name- check bio for reasoning), I really need help.

I live in a multigenerational household, and my uncle’s dog brought home a very young baby chick in its mouth. I think due to its wings not being fully developed it’s about 2 - 5 days old. I only found out about this about 30 minutes ago, and it’s currently 11 PM where I am and storming, so we can’t go out for supplies right now.

So far, here’s what we’ve done:

• Put it in an empty ice cream tub lined with paper towels

• Gave it a small shallow dish of water

• My uncle fed it a small piece of Vienna sausage before I knew (I’ve stopped that)

• I made a DIY heat source using a sock filled with uncooked rice, microwaved and wrapped in cloth, placed on one side of the container

The chick:

• Is very small (looks newly hatched)

• Was chirping a lot, but calmed down once warmed

• Is staying near (not directly on) the warm sock

• Was slightly shaking earlier

• I also noticed tiny bugs (possibly mites?) on it

We plan to get proper chick starter feed in the morning, but for now I’m just trying to keep it alive overnight.

Questions:

1. Is this setup okay for the night without a real heat lamp?

2. What should I do about the bugs right now?

3. Is there anything else I should do immediately to improve its chances?

4. Any emergency food options until we get proper feed?

I’m really worried and just want to give it the best chance possible. Any advice is appreciated.

My school has whats called the Ho’opulapula Program where they integrate culture and educational practices as an actual class for middle schoolers. So I have to wait until break to see if they can take it in to raise. There’s another teacher who does agriculture but he helps students raise to eat where the academy will raise to help reproduce and eat off of the eggs and not the chickens itself. If you have insta you can check it out there as im highschool and arent up to date with the Academy. But to be clear this is NOT PROMOTION FOR THE ACADEMY. I want to help the CHICK above all else

UPDATE: Im sorry to say but the chicken DIDNT make it. Today, day 3 of having it in my care, Brian from trooperschickenresuce was going to come at 3:30 to take the baby chick and give it the proper care it needs. Unfortunately the chicken passed away in its sleep 20minutes before Brian made it. This baby chick found its way into my heart but Brian said based on the situation, it was likely the mother hen had left it as it felt its weakness. It was a he, I had named him Leo as he was such a fighter.

RIL Leo❤️