My Husband named this chick because when it was hatched it`s feet were all crooked, so the crazy chicken lover that i am, and alittle of the nurse in me came up with a paddle looking thing and stuck it to the bottom of the chicks feet once i got them spred.
So he started saying they looked like snowshoes....so that`s were the name came from.

new chick born dec. 3

Head still not fluffy.....When I found Snowshoe in the incubator she was stuck to the bottom; glued there. I guess she got stuck on her back and couldn`t get turned over and dried there. So I took a seringe and started irrigating with water till I unstuck the her....then I rubbed/ bathed her with a warm wet cloth and put her in the incubator till she dried. She also had a "scabbie" crust over half her head, so I started applying vasoline till it got soft enough to peel off and or fell of. Then I adressed her feet. 1 week later I removed the paddles and she is running all over. Her feet aren`t completely perfect but she can get around very well.

Here you can see the paddle`s under the feet.

My Husband named this chick because when it was hatched it`s feet were all crooked, so the crazy chicken lover that i am, and alittle of the nurse in me came up with a paddle looking thing and stuck it to the bottom of the chicks feet once i got them spred.
So he started saying they looked like snowshoes....so that`s were the name came from.

This is Hope and our newcomer.....Snowshoe! born(nov.15, 2012)

HOPE your getting so big! My little teenager.

Hope was in the brown egg with no writing on it......Cross our fingers i have 3 more in there!

My Husband named this chick because when it was hatched it`s feet were all crooked, so the crazy chicken lover that i am, and alittle of the nurse in me came up with a paddle looking thing and stuck it to the bottom of the chicks feet once i got them spred. So he started saying they looked like snowshoes....so that`s were the name came from.

Barn Mama
Nov 24, 2012

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