Revan
Songster
A follow-up to this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dozens-of-dead-and-dying-chicks.1194103/ . My mother and I have noticed that one of the chicks, a cochin bantam, is having serious balance issues. We looked it over and noticed that some of it's once yellow-pink toes have turned grey-ish and stiff. I think that the cold it suffered through from being left in the PO storage room (it was below 50 degrees that night) might have actually frozen and killed those toes. Otherwise, the chick appears relatively alert and does eat and drink. it just ends up upside down on it's back a lot and I have to flip it back over.
I don't want to euthanize it if I don't have to. Is there any way I can help it? Or is this one of those situations where I just have to let it be and hope it learns how to cope with this disability on it's own?
I don't want to euthanize it if I don't have to. Is there any way I can help it? Or is this one of those situations where I just have to let it be and hope it learns how to cope with this disability on it's own?