Thank you for your reply.
He was not vaccinated agains Marek's disease, just came from Rural King's chick days. He seems fine otherwise, so really just hoping its a strain/sprain.
Anything else I should watch out for?
5/8/15: My cockerel chick has a droopy wing. All day today he has been holding his wing down much lower than the other side. He is able to flap his wings and move it normally. I palpated the wing and do not feel anything obviously broken. If anything, the affected side seems a bit more "boney"...
This is our first little hatched silkie from our silkie flock. He/she is too stinking sweet! Can't wait to see what the final coloring and what this little one's gender is!
New to hatching.
One of the not yet hatched eggs got got a small crack in it from the other chicks that hatched bumping it. The membrane was torn just a tiny bit. The chick is 2 days behind the others- put in on the off chance we might be able to hatch it instead of waiting 3 weeks for others...
Maxine is doing well, though she is no longer a house chicken! One day when I let her outside for a visit she decided to roost with the rest of the flock and threw a hissy fit when I tried to bring her back inside. She jumped from my arms and ran back to the coop. I figured if that is where she...
I cannot feel anything unusual. I have palpated her legs and the only thing I notice is that she does not have the roosting reflex in that foot and she holds that leg limp. Ugh. My EE hen was really badly injured and I have been treating her wounds 3x a day. .