Yes I dressed his foot with Vaseline and cloth material. He's in my house in a cat carrier with clean wood chips. But he managed to get the cloth off ugh!
That actually makes sense because their bedding was wet and sloppy this morning from dumping their water. There's only 3 chicks and he's the only one with this. And I never saw him sitting in the corner before today
So you think that's why his breast bone sticks out so much? That would make sense. But he's the only one like that, maybe he's being kept away from the food?
There's no way at all. They are in a closed in barn, no draft and waaay warmer than the outside. I have to take my gloves off in there cus my hands start to sweat
You guys remember my chick with the backwards toes? Well this chick is his hatch mate. I only hatched out 4 chicks so 50% now have foot issues. :he
This one's foot is swollen so bad he can hardly walk and tries not to put pressure on it. I just now noticed because I was bathing him, he was...
Wait a minute...you're on day 22 and you threw all the eggs out because you saw no movement when candling? :smackYou probably threw away at least one healthy duckling that would have hatched had you let it complete incubation!! For future reference- it's VERY hard to see anything at all but...