Recent content by jodyjkendrick

I usually only wash our eggs is if there's a bit of poop on them, and that will mostly just scrape right off. But sometimes I'll wash them if they're going to my mother- she's kind of particular about that!

Well, the little guy made it through the night. First thing this morning I went to CVS and bought the infant vitamins, and was able to give him a bit. He still can't use his left leg, just keeps flailing around as he tries to stand up, but I try to stretch/exercise it every few hours. He...

I'm grateful today because I have BYC!!! Thanks everyone!!!

Well, he's still hanging in there! I'm going to set my alarm through the night to check on him and feed him- I just don't feel comfortable leaving him alone for too long! Thank you so much to everyone who has replied, it's amazing that there are so many good people out there who care...

Sunny, when you said "infant polyvistol" did you mean as in baby formula? I know this sounds silly, sorry!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66952_baby_003.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66952_baby_002.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66952_baby_001.jpg Not sure if I put the pictures on here correctly! Yes, we have him...

Thanks for your reply! I have a few pictures of him on my computer, not sure how to put them on here. Right now we have him in a box with just some old towels under him, and a light, is there something else I should be using? The main problem seems to be that he can't stand up because his leg...

We had 3 babies hatch yesterday morning, and they are doing fine, but one egg didn't start hatching until this morning. He broke almost all the way free, but couldn't seem to do the rest on his own, so we helped him out of the egg-VERY GENTLY! This was at about noon today, and now we see that...