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    4 week old chick with leg/foot issues

    I know it's been a while, but I thought I would let you know the little chick is doing pretty well! I could not identify any of the chronic conditions in the chick from the info you folks shared with me. So I kept up with the Vitamin B, hobbling, and casting because it seemed like an incubator...
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    4 week old chick with leg/foot issues

    I found an adult formula B vitamin complex with no added minerals (iron or calcium), and I will start with 2 drops per day, going off of the dosage on the poultry podiatry website. The leg just seems twisted at or below the hock. It's like the ankle itself is turned inward, and it won't...
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    4 week old chick with leg/foot issues

    It's hard for me to tell if anything is severely wrong with it's leg, it doesn't chirp any louder out of pain, as far as I can tell. Hard for me to notice anything popping tendon-wise, but I can't find too detailed of info on how to tell. It just won't rest on the foot, and it's about the same...
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    4 week old chick with leg/foot issues

    Hey folks, One week ago I bought some 3 week old silkie/frizzle/sizzle chicks from a breeder. She threw one in for free that had curled toes from an issue with her incubator. Before she gave it to us, she duct-taped it's feet so they were flat, and told us to take them off in about a week. I...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Hey chicken-people, I've just come home from a week and a half vacation, and I did notice one of my bantam hens had gone broody a week or two before the trip...and... I got home today and found two baby chicks under her! They are dry and fluffy, hard to say how long they've been out of their...
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    Surprises!

    Hey chicken-people, I've just come home from a week and a half vacation, and I did notice one of my bantam hens had gone broody a week or two before the trip...and... I got home today and found two baby chicks under her! They are dry and fluffy, hard to say how long they've been out of their...
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    Sick Bantam

    Her little body gave out sometime last night. Hard to say if we eased her passing or prolonged her suffering. Thanks for your support. All I can do is learn from this and try to catch these things earlier.
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    Sick Bantam

    This time around we just gave her warm water with a sprinkle of salt and a dab of honey. We also got the tube in somewhere between 4-6 inches. Here's her picture from an hour ago after the tubing. The lighter is just for reference. Is there anything else I should be looking for, or...
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    Sick Bantam

    I'm new to lice and mite issues, in the 5 years I've worked around chickens we've never had an issue with them. I've owned a small flock for three years or so.
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    Sick Bantam

    Yeah, I got 1 foot of the tubing (new, unused and clean) and it went in close to 3 inches. I want to express how tiny she is- after researching chicken lice, I think she had them the whole time I've had her. She's always been smaller and a bit slower than the rest of the flock, and...
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    Sick Bantam

    I hope that we did that right. Was fairly effortless, but the only syringes we have are 3ML maximum. Her crop did not feel full, but I could feel it after we 'filled' it. I massaged it a little and will do another feeding in a few hours, if the crop feels more empty. When we reached the end...
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    Sick Bantam

    Oh, and a raw egg yolk.
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    Sick Bantam

    Somehow she's still alive, and in the same state as yesterday. I got an 1/8inch drip tube from my work, and am going to attempt to tube feed. We've mixed warm water, honey, yogurt, powdered layer feed,and some nutrient shake. Here goes...
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    Sick Bantam

    The only places open around here are CVS or Rite Aid- I doubt they would have a Bantam-sized tube...
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    Sick Bantam

    I don't have the materials to tube feed. In the videos it also looks like a considerable amount of fuss and stress to tube feed. Why is this safer exactly? I am careful to avoid drowning her. I appreciate the advice and I am researching for future reference. Should I fortify her fluids, when...
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