- Apr 16, 2007
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I have a blind chick named Tiny. She is a Barred Rock and is just beautiful. She got the name Tiny because she didn't eat when i first got her at 3 days old and she didn't "learn" to eat until she was about 5 days old!!! I did everything I could to keep her alive including force feeding her boiled egg yolks mixed with water and injected into her mouth with a medicine dropper. Thankfully she lived and got her name because she was about a week behind in size compared to the other chicks.
Now she is doing great living outside with the rest and is going on 11 weeks old. Of course she is the very last in the pecking order as to be expected from a handicapped chicken.
I just want to know, when my girls are old enough to lay is she going to be ok? I have to think that a blind female chicken may be freaked out when a large object is ready to be pushed out of her body. Will she know what's going on?
My roo is a year old and is currently separate from the girls until they are old enough to "handle" his attention. What on earth will she do when a huge roo tries to mount her?
I love my lil blind baby and I just want what's best for her. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.
Here's some pics just so you can see her progress.
As a teeny tiny baby:
Here she is a little older. She's the black one on the left:
This was the only way she could get her treats of hard boiled egg yolks, I had a cardboard divider to keep the other chicks from taking it from her:
Here she is at 5 weeks in the big girl house resting:
Now she is doing great living outside with the rest and is going on 11 weeks old. Of course she is the very last in the pecking order as to be expected from a handicapped chicken.
I just want to know, when my girls are old enough to lay is she going to be ok? I have to think that a blind female chicken may be freaked out when a large object is ready to be pushed out of her body. Will she know what's going on?
My roo is a year old and is currently separate from the girls until they are old enough to "handle" his attention. What on earth will she do when a huge roo tries to mount her?
I love my lil blind baby and I just want what's best for her. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.
Here's some pics just so you can see her progress.
As a teeny tiny baby:
Here she is a little older. She's the black one on the left:
This was the only way she could get her treats of hard boiled egg yolks, I had a cardboard divider to keep the other chicks from taking it from her:
Here she is at 5 weeks in the big girl house resting:
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