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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Thought I should update with this since this hatch so far is really successful. Got a new incubator from Brinsea. My second batch of... -
Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.I can probably pick up some unmedicated chick starter later.
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.I heard the medicated chick feed blocked vitamin B or something similar if fed for too long which is why we swap them over eventually.
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.We feed them chick starter for a few weeks then swap them over to wet chicken feed until their beaks are big enough to eat it dry. We...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.I moved all the silkie chicks into the brooder yesterday, they're all walking around fine. Keeping the remaining bantam chick in the...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.I have some gauze for people that's pretty similar I can use. I have thermometer things that show the humidity as well as temperature...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Last night the 10th chick finally hatched out by itself, I noticed it had curled toes so the plan is to fix them this morning now that...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.They're all from my chickens. If I remember correctly I have six hens and one rooster in the bantam pen. They're barely laying right now...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Only the bantams had issues. Silkies were all fine. First two hatched on their own (crooked foot one and split tendon one), third one...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Where the tendon in the leg is in the wrong spot so the leg can't bend at the joint.
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Okay two of the three chicks have the things on their feet now. On closer inspection of the third it has split tendon in both legs which...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Okay, looks easy to follow. I'll do that for all of them. Had to take the tape off of one of the chicks because it wasn't walking well...
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Do you have a photo of it I can use for reference?
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Silkies4everr replied to the thread Crooked Feet?.Okay, I'll try that. Thank you!
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This chick hatched out yesterday and the feet appear crooked. Could also be the toes I'm unsure. Both of the other bantam chicks that...
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