- Thread starter
- #111
Anyone dealt with a blind, not sure if partial at this point, and possibly deaf chick?
I believe I've had my first one hatch out sat/sun.
Some observations of symptoms I've noticed:
I've been reading threads here on BYC about others that have raised blind chicks to adulthood (with much care & pampering) and that many eventually did very well in a flock or they lived out their lives in a "special needs" coop (for lack of a better way of putting it) BUT............ but can a bllind & deaf chicken thrive?
Not sure I'm ready or want to go the route of raising a chick in this condition but on the other hand I'm such a softie and not sure I can cull it. If it comes to that, what is the most humane way to go about it?
thanks
I believe I've had my first one hatch out sat/sun.
Some observations of symptoms I've noticed:
- isn't crying out all the time or even at all (like I've read on other threads talking blind behaviors in chicks
- when it walks, it lowers its head and swipes it back and forth, almost like a hound dog would do when sniffing something out. It's rather unusual looking
- will open its eyes at times but really not that much
- I've yet to see it really sit, usually standing
- I'll dip its beak in the water (fortified with b-complex etc.mix) then place it in the middle of the brooder to observe, it's clumsy for a moment and then it will walk backwards
- when it's standing there I place my hand in front of it - no reaction and the same when I snap my fingers right beside it
I've been reading threads here on BYC about others that have raised blind chicks to adulthood (with much care & pampering) and that many eventually did very well in a flock or they lived out their lives in a "special needs" coop (for lack of a better way of putting it) BUT............ but can a bllind & deaf chicken thrive?
Not sure I'm ready or want to go the route of raising a chick in this condition but on the other hand I'm such a softie and not sure I can cull it. If it comes to that, what is the most humane way to go about it?
thanks
Last edited: