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    Baby chick, one out of 5 not eating, only want to sleep

    I want to make sure that I can give a few drops of undiluted ACV !!!
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    Baby chick, one out of 5 not eating, only want to sleep

    What is the proportion of ACV and water for the baby chick which still do not eat. Now it is hard for it to walk. You inputs are very helpful.
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    Baby chick, one out of 5 not eating, only want to sleep

    Dear friends 5 RIR chicks hatched on July 18 & 19. 4 of them are walking around and eating. One cries and only want to sleep. I dip its beak in water with ACV a few times. What else can I do to help the chick. Your inputs are always very helpful. Thank you all in advance.
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    baby chick with deformed leg

    Thank you all for your help. I separated the chick from the others. The elbow is bruised and has open wound. I applied some neospurin ointment on the bruise and covered it with gauze. I hope this helps to heal. I was not able to try to move the tendon.
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    baby chick with deformed leg

    It does not look like straddle from the hip, but from the elbow. The chick is now 5 days old. I will try using band aid to straighten the elbow. Do I have to really separate it from the rest ? Thanks for all the advice.
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    baby chick with deformed leg

    Hi, my name is Shalva Levine. I am from Israel. 5 chicks of Sussex hatched on last Friday, June 20th. When I transferred them to the box where I keep them for the 2 weeks, I found that one chick cannot stand on one leg. It seems that it hurts the chick if I touch the leg. I do not know if it is...
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    First time hatching eggs

    Thank you for all the help, tips and advice. We put 26 eggs altogether in the incubator. 17 hatched , but the last one to hatch has right leg pointed backward and cannot stand. It is not drinking or eating. I took it out of the rest and transferred to a friend who works at Society of nature...
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    First time hatching eggs

    I have 10 chicks that are hatched. I would like to know when can start feeding them and what kind of home made baby chick feed I can make for them.
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    First time hatching eggs

    The eggs were brought from a good source.I put the eggs in the incubator to hatch on August 22, 2012 after 4 pm and the temperature is set between 98.6 and 100.4 and the humidity was around 50%. On September 8th in the evening (I thought it was day 18) I set the humidity to around 70% - 72% and...
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    First time hatching eggs

    This is the first time I am trying to incubate and hatch chicken eggs. I have a home made incubator made of wood with a small fan and temperature controller. The temperature ranges between 98.6 and 100.4. Is it OK. Today is the 4th day since we put the eggs in the incubator. The humidity level...
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    New to this forum

    I am new to this forum and I live in Modiin, Israel.
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