Her leg seems to be frozen in the position behind her? I tried to pick her up and adjust her with her legs under her and she just squawks and flaps around. Can someone please help me? I don't know what to do.
I'm hoping it isn't Marek's. She isn't having any trouble breathing or anything. I just wish there is something else I could do for her. I gave her the water that has vitamins in it and she has been drinking it. I don't know how long before I should expect to see improvement? I figure at least a...
I have a 8 week old BSL who has been healthy, until last week. I noticed first that she was dragging her right leg. She would topple over and couldn't seem to balance. At first I thought she had an injury. Cannot feel any breaks in that leg and she doesn't act like it hurts (not that I would...
I have been thinking for a while that one of the "pullets" I bought at TSC may not be a pullet. I have been calling him a he for a while and actually when he was only days old he got the name Stewart. Yes I know, bad name since we thought it was a pullet at the time. But now I think that the...
Look at it this way... you would have fallen in love with the 5 babies and gone and bought at least 9 more anyways! I started off with a plan to get only 6. Less than 2 months later I have 28.
Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. Who knows, maybe Mama Montana knew that there was something wrong with it and that is why she abandoned it? I don't even know if chickens do that but it kind of makes sense.
You definately shouldn't feel like it is your fault if anything goes wrong! If it weren't for you the chickie probably wouldn't have a chance at all. You are doing everything you can for it. Well, keep us updated, I love a good story!
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I would let them live as long as they could happily could, like I said, breeding for money not animal warefare
That is exactly what I am planning on doing. I bought them with some other chicks and they are all growing up together. I have read that they will eat themselves so fat that...
I don't know what I am going to do. I (stupidly) bought 4 Cornish X because I didn't know they were meaties. They love me and I love them now! I don't know if I can kill them!