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    Hey Please Help!!!

    Lucky - Our chick that was close to death 24 hours ago has made huge progress! Lucky is the 2nd chick from the left!!!
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    chick born with head twisted back over its neck

    Yes this exactly as what happened to ours, he couldn't stand or sit, if he tried to move he would slide. It seemed as if he had splayed leg or spaddled leg, a couple of other chicks had this and i splinted them with a plaster. Search google or spaddle leg and it show you how to splint it. Anyway...
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    Should i let the girls name the chicks???

    We do... all ours are named by the kiddies of course.... they're good at telling them apart, we do have quite a few now. However since we have been incubating and hatching chicks we've all completly gone off eating chicken.... so ours wont make it to our table... they are safe with their names...
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    chick born with head twisted back over its neck

    THanks! As the story goes, Last night i offered the chick some water which i dissolved a little sugar into and no joke immediatly he began to get better. He went from being unable to sit or stand as his head was twisted back to having a little more control. Throughout the evening he just...
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    Hey Please Help!!!

    Well i am amazed.... yesterday afternoon the little chick looked like he was close to death, but by some miracle the sugary water seems to have helped. This Morning he is on his feet, his head is facing the right way and he is hopping about and very very alive!!!! I will get some of the vitamin...
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    Hey Please Help!!!

    Our 1 day old chick was born with his head twisted back over his neck. Any ideas.... please help!!
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    chick born with head twisted back over its neck

    we have just incubated some eggs and hatched lots of healthy chicks. however our last chick took over 12 hours to hatch, we helped it out a little towards the end, but he has been born with his head uncontrolablly throwing back over his neck, he also has spraddled leg, which i have splinted with...
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