I'm really uncertain about what to do. I have a chicken NICU (neo-natal intensive chicken unit) set up for two others that are weak, but Gimpy seems just fine, other than the bum leg. She's getting to food and water without a problem on her own, and she seems to be holding her own with the...
This is "Gimpy". She was born this way. It is not splay leg, as I am using paper towels. Is it broken? Can I help her?
(Image is below, I messed it up in this post)
I have a beautiful baby chick that looks completely healthy, except that she hops on only one foot and holds the other one up. It looks like it is twisted at the very top. She can move it, but it obviously pains her to put it down. She hops around with one wing open, covering the leg. She is...
Three chicks hatched! One araucauna, one chipmunk-colored and one BLACK (even the beak and feet!)
Several more pipped...
For pics, go to my blog "The Chicken Diaries" at electrichen.blogspot.com
Good luck everyone!
I noticed some blood in the water reservoir this morning. There is a pip on the egg near the reservoir, but it's all bloody. I think that is not a good sign. What should I do? Should I pull the egg? Is the chick inside likely dead? Will it contaminate the others? I have a baby chick...
I had my first chick born last night! She's an arucauna, and she seems to be doing fine.
In a different part of the bator, I noticed the water in one of the reservoirs under the mesh is very pink with blood. What does this mean? I don't want to open the 'bator, but I'm scared that one of...