Posts by PeMaJoEplus

Our little one unfortunately didn't make it.   She stayed smaller, weaker than the others, as it was hard to get to food/water, and se kept getting bumped and run over by the others.  I tried to isolate her in a...

Yeah, I read quite a bit about spraddle leg, but my little one seems not to have a "directional" problem. The leg is normally jointed and moves in the shapes and directions that it should, her left leg is just favored to the point of...

Weird question, but what is the breed of this chick, and where was she hatched?  I have been reading a bit about how some illnesses/deficiencies in the laying mother hen can sometimes show up as problems in the chicks, too....

We're having the very same issue with a 6-day old chick, too!  Anyone with any advice, please reply.   A silver-laced wyandotte chick, she's the same age as 3 other very perky brooder-mates, and already noticeably...

Thanks for the encouragement and advice - our small brood of four hatched Sunday night, shipped Monday and arrived Wednesday.  All was happy and bright until this afternoon, and one began to lay about, breathing heavily, and...