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  1. RebeckaK

    My chick is dying.

    Thank you guys. It's been a rough afternoon. She died about ten minutes before my kids got home from school. We will try again after we get done grieving (my husband says I have a tender heart- I guess so since I have spent the last hour crying over a chicken). In the meantime we will...
  2. RebeckaK

    My chick is dying.

    never mind. she is gone.
  3. RebeckaK

    My chick is dying.

    Quote: What does this mean, how would I tell, and what would I do?
  4. RebeckaK

    My chick is dying.

    Quote: It's been 24 hours and her bowel movement have been regular and plentiful.
  5. RebeckaK

    My chick is dying.

    flooring was cardboard and newspaper. i think she was a couple weeks old. She was lying at a spot I had blocked off because she was escaping so it is possible she was bashing into trying to get out. It is definitely not sleepiness. There aren't any other chicks, she is the only one. I...
  6. RebeckaK

    My chick is dying.

    She was perfectly normal just two hours ago. She was chirping and running around. I went out for lunch and when I came back she was just lying there. She is breathing but has no movement other than the occasional opening of her beak. Is there anything at all that I can do?
  7. RebeckaK

    Lopsided Chicks (distended crops??)

    My baby chick got one of those bulges right after I realized I was feeding it plaster(search my posts for the ridiculous story). Anyhow. FREAKED out. So, I got on here and looked and saw it was normal. Every thread like yours makes me less worried. One of the Ecuadorian women told me...
  8. RebeckaK

    ummm... crud. That was not chicken food.

    Quote: I think everyone here has been very kind and helpful to me and to my poor "plastered" chicken. You had no way of knowing I was actually IN Ecuador. I have loved reading on this board, it really helps to read about all of your experiences so that I can be prepared for mine. I guess...
  9. RebeckaK

    ummm... crud. That was not chicken food.

    Quote: Mine is because my brain is too full of new things, learning a new culture and language is taking up all my brain matter. No room left to realize that plaster does not seem like a good food for chickens. This thread has really cheered me up. Thank you for your gift of humor.
  10. RebeckaK

    ummm... crud. That was not chicken food.

    The ground corn IS chicken starter here (I am in Ecuador). Basically the chickens survive just like the people do- however they can. I think this means the chickens are heartier here as this one has survived 50 degree nights and being fed plaster for 4 days. I think I am going to have to...
  11. RebeckaK

    ummm... crud. That was not chicken food.

    I received a gift from an Ecuadorian pastor of a baby chicken. I was completely unprepared but very excited (I have always wanted a chicken). When the chick was delivered to me, it was also delivered with a bag of food. My husband took the food while I oohed and awed over the chicken...
  12. RebeckaK

    Raising a chick in a developing country

    Even a small candle inside a metal coffee can, etc. would work to keep the chick warm. It will get as close, or far away as it needs to maintain comfort. Of course, I understand the fire risk and would put a rock or pebbles inside the can to keep it weighted down. But I would NOT spend $60...
  13. RebeckaK

    Raising a chick in a developing country

    Thanks for the well-wished catdaddy. Thanks for the well-wished catdaddy. Thanks for the well-wished catdaddy. Thanks for the well-wished catdaddy. (I am laughing because of all the times I double and triple post by accident) BellaLula, I am in Ecuador- right on the border of Peru. I love...
  14. RebeckaK

    Raising a chick in a developing country

    Thank you so much! Your post was incredibly helpful, especially since I just saw two of those kinds of feeders today. Thank you also for your picture of your set-up. It was very helpful to me. PS. I named my chick Macintosh because I have found myself making a tent between my legs and my...
  15. RebeckaK

    Raising a chick in a developing country

    I am a missionary in South America and received a baby chick as a gift (on Easter- which is NOT traditional here). My problem is, that in researching on chick care, I am finding the need for products that are unavailable here. My language skills are still not very good or I would ask someone...
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