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    Help! I need emergency advice for mangled wings! -Update with photos (Warning: gore)

    Thanks for the advice, everyone, Here's an update with photos: The keet had partially ripped off the bandages during the night. We unwrapped the wings, cleaned them as best we could with a saline solution and an iodine solution. It was difficult because of the greasyness of the antibiotic...
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    Help! I need emergency advice for mangled wings! -Update with photos (Warning: gore)

    My boyfirend's mom's guinea keets were attacked last night, and by the time we heard them and made it out there, one was missing, one was fine, and one was obviously injured. The right wing is missing from the first joint onward, all that is left is the first section of bone. There is no skin or...
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    Need help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- with pictures

    Update: The chick is doing great! I put a thread hobble on him last night, but that only lasted a few hours, he really didn't like it. I re-did the bandaid and kept it on until today. I also did a lot of hands-on physical therapy with him- supporting him as he stood, helping him take three steps...
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    Need MORE help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- new problem

    Update: The chick is doing great! I put a thread hobble on him last night, but that only lasted a few hours, he really didn't like it. I re-did the bandaid and kept it on until today. I also did a lot of hands-on physical therapy with him- supporting him as he stood, helping him take three steps...
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    Should I pip the eggs for late chicks?

    I had to save my eggs from the hen two days ago because she was killing them as they hatched, and I have no incubator. Last night, I helped one hatch. This morning, three had pipped, but one was dead. I don't know at what point I should help the two remianing pipped chicks since the membrane is...
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    Help! Does anyone in CNY have a broody hen I can borrow/buy?

    My broody hen killed three chicks as they hatched and we had to take the remaining eggs from her. Of the remaining seven eggs, one has hatched, one was a dud, three have pipped and two have not, though they were alive yesterday. I wasn't prepared for this and am trying to hatch them in a box...
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    Newly hatched chick can't walk- Help! (With photos)

    Update: He has begun to stumble about a little, and the toes on his left foot aren't as curled anymore, but I tried the bandaid method to straighten them. I don't think I got his toes far enough apart- should I try to re-do it or just take it off?
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    Need help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- with pictures

    He has begun to stumble about a little, and the toes on his left foot aren't as curled anymore, but I tried the bandaid method to straighten them. I don't think I got his toes far enough apart- should I try to re-do it or just take it off?
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    Need help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- with pictures

    I'm definitely going to try some physical therapy, I've put so much effort into this hatch-gone-wrong that I don't want to give up now. I think the toes of the left foot are curled? I'll try the bandage trick. Here's a close-up of the feet.
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    Need MORE help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- new problem

    Here's a close-up of the feet.
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    Newly hatched chick can't walk- Help! (With photos)

    I'm definitely going to try some physical therapy, I've put so much effort into this hatch-gone-wrong that I don't want to give up now. I think the toes of the left foot are curled? I'll try the bandage trick. Here's a close-up of the feet. .
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    Need help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- with pictures

    We didn't have to take the eggs from the hen until this chick had already pipped, and it was on time for hatching. Bad genetics, perhaps?
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    Newly hatched chick can't walk- Help! (With photos)

    I had to assist a chick in hatching in sub-par conditions (because the hen was killing chicks upon hatching) due to no incubator, low heat/humidity, the chick's lack of progress in hatching itself, and membrane drying. The chick is now 14 hours old and can't walk, can't even really stand. Its...
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    Newly hatched chick unable to walk- help!

    Did that chick turn out ok?
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    Need help with a chick that has an unabsorbed yolk- with pictures

    Update 2 (and more help needed!): We cut the chord attaching the chick to the gunk/shell both had dried. I put antibiotic ointment on its navel and it healed nicely (See the before and after photos). However, It's been thirteen hours since hatching and it still hasn't walked, can't even really...
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