Got A little bit of a miracle chick here. This chick pipped on day 23 and could get out alone. I ended up helping him out but sadly he started bleeding. Personally I thought that he was going to be dead within an hour. But now he is in the brooder with his other 2 buddies. Still looking a little weak but definitely getting better. He is the one in front. I never saw one that bad survive.
Awww, I am so sorry. With my Silkie hatch, six were perfect, but one chick was just 'not right.' The little black Silkie had splayed legs, which I taped, but it would not eat anything and kept making shrill, distressed sounds. I cuddled it, tried vitamins, but it was just not long for this world.Congrats little guy, hang in there!!
Sadly 2 of my frizzled silkies have splayed legs. One is hobbled and doing great, the second seems to have had a stroke or something. There is more wrong with it than just it's legs. It's hobbled like the first, but still stretches it's legs straight out the back. It also has it's had permanently turned to the left. We can't seem to get it to look to the right. It's left wing is flapping, it's right is not. It's just not looking healthy. But I can't cull. I put it in a corner and keep going in and putting it near the water and food for a bit. Then back to the corner. I"m hoping it gets better, but I figure it will be gone by morning....
And my nerve wracking hatch is complete! I had one egg that had pipped at the wrong end & stalled for more than 30 hours. But low & behold, it finished. I have 4 beautiful ducklings from 7 eggs. The other 3 were late deaths (temp spike last week).
