My first baby pass away. I thought she had splayed legs. Did everything to help from homemade splints, giving her food, water, affection every few hours. Making sure she was pooping normally, gave her save-a-chick with pre/probiotics and she still died. I know it was ftt but I'm still so sad...
For anyone reading this for their own knowledge. I ended up and made a stint for her legs and made sure she could walk, eat, and drink water and I waited to see if she could do. Don't assume. I then separated my large chick and got two other large chicks and my local store that where closer to...
So, I believe its her foot. I made a splint based off of a suggestion on YouTube. She seems to be doing a little better with it and can move a little now. She's 1 week old. I recieved her from a hatchery at a day old.
Something is wrong with one of my girls. The other girls are excluding her and it seems like she either has something wrong with her wing or foot. She's not walking around and when i try to get her up she kind of spreads her wings out and falls over. If I bring her to food and water she'll eat...
Thanks, so do you think I'm just getting too paranoid? I figure if it was an issue it would've hurt while I was massaging it? What worries me is she was in a Box with hay and may have eaten that. Other than that, there's nothing she has had in my care that would cause it. First time chick mama...
My random week old chick (meal maker) so I'm not sure what she is. Has a full semi hard crop. She's eating, playing, and pooping normally. Not lethargic. I gave her a few drops of warm water and veg oil and waited 20 mins then messaged her crop. She seemed to enjoy this instead of being in pain...