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https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry Lately I've been looking for info on leg problems and found this site informative. Maybe you can find some answers there. Good luck with your chick.

Thank you, guys .... I have to find a way to get myself together and start enjoying the chicks that did hatch healthy and cute. I'm exhausted from worrying and trying to make it better for the one that didn't.

I guess the way we chose to do it contributed to the whole drama - baking soda/vinegar gas chamber .... but we used too big of a container and it took FOREVER. I put my hand inside to hold the chick and come it down but after a few minutes I still felt movement and I lost it. It was taking toooo...

Thank you, Cherish. I know the chick would not be able to survive with its condition and we did what we had to do. It's so hard to make that call but execute it even harder. I'm sorry about your hen. My kids have a hard time dealing with it too.

The chick did not improve. It was on its side, going around, not able to put its feet under, lift the body and keep balance. We decided to end its life. It was horrible. We all cried. I'm still sick to my stomach. Horrible, horrible experience. :( Never again do I want to go through something...

Maybe it's just tired. They do sleep a lot at first. One minute playing, next minute head falling to the ground and eyes closed, sleeping.

Still trying to figure out how to help my chick. It has not make progress for the better. I'm thinking this is what's happening to it: Cerebellar Abiotropy This condition develops shortly after a chick is born creates progressive balance and coordination problems caused by brain neurons called...

well. I took the wrap off. It made it even harder to control the legs. I'm keeping the chick in the incubator over night with another chicks that's mellow, for company. The chicks seem to be trying hard to get up and get a hang of walking. Maybe it just needs more time to practice. I hope so.

Thanks guys, I sort of assumed spraddle legs, put the wrap around them and stuck the chick in the cup again. I purchased the vitamins, tried to feed it to the chick with water, but am not sure how much the chick took. I don't want to drawn it. It was not interested in drinking by itself but did...

I hoped it was some leg deformity (that could be fixed). But the legs look fine, they don't stick out in different direction and seem strong. It can push itself out of the cup and all. It looks to me that its brain cannot figure out how to keep balance.

One of the chicks (polish) that hatched over the weekend cannot walk. Its legs look fine and seem strong. The chick is not able to stand up and keep balance. It lays on the side and chirps until I pick it up, or throws itself from side to side. It hatched a day before due date (day 20), but...

Hi guys, I haven't been here forever, but with spring slowly approaching I'm starting to get a hatching fever. I'm looking for laced (buff, or black and white) polish hatching eggs. Can you guys recommend someone? Also, is there any chicken show planned any time soon in Bloomington, IN? Thanks

Quote: Wow, that is one interesting looking bird. I love this kind of coloring. Good luck on your hatchlings. I posted pics in a separate post but will paste them here as well, just a little smaller

Congrats on your pips!!! So exciting!!! Mine came on schedule. Started Sunday and by Monday we had 42 baby quails. They are all in the brooder by now.

Quote: Very cute. How many did you have in your hand there? I think my husband is holding about 7 of them. They are very tiny!