I am hatching chicks and one of them came out of the egg wrong (idk why I will not explain further) and so it's leg is bent out to the side. It can't walk so it can't get the water and food it needs. The chick is less than a week old how should I help it?
I have this one hen named Miranda who is a 1 year old black australorp. She has the same sickness that one of my other hens had gotten 3 years ago and that hen died from it. Here's the symptoms
1. Weight loss
2. Tired all the time
3. Can barely preen her feathers
4. Feather loss
5. Mouth...
You should put some gauze underneath the wing if there is blood and even if there isn't you should still put the gauze there. It will help with preventing infections (no guarantees) and you should change the gauze very few days and leave it to breath for an hour or two every day. That would be...
I have no idea. My chickens will growl all together and it seems to be something like a challenge to see if you are good for the flock. I growled back and they haven´t growled at me since. I had a chick outside for the first time and when the hens tried peaking him, I just growled and they left...