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I have one little bantam chick with his legs sticking straight out in front of him and to the side. I'm not sure what to do with him. Does anyone know what the cause of this is? I'd really like to save him if possible and am no newbie to the world of chickens. I used a bandaid to keep his legs...

Well everyone else seems to be Doug good and running around happy. I've never had an issue with cedar shavings before so I doubt it was that. They were dried out and had no smell to them anymore. I just think that there was something wrong with that one. I got some polyvisol and give a few drops...

"Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayl!"

Well nevermind. She died a few hours later. Lost two to this. Others seem to be dong well. Lets hope nothing happens to them.

I have a 2 week old little silkie chick that seems to be feeling a little sick. She has splay leg also an I'm not sure how she has it while the other 10 I have don't. They are on cedar shavings. I always give my chicks vitamin water to make sure they have enough but could this little one be...

I recently had a straw dog attack my flock and I lost 28. However, 2 managed to play dead and survive. One hen and one Roo. The Roo just had a punctured air sac and after a vet visit and some antibiotics he is out with the rest of the survivors. The hen, however, has not been so lucky. She is...

Oh no.. Well at least you will have some more little cochins running around. There is always time for polish later. =)

I thought as much. I sure hope your experience with polish are better than mine were haha. As for how they see well.. Not very well. If they have a big poof ball on their head I usually have to give them a hair ( or feather) cut! But I only give it to the ones I'm not breeding so they can see a...

That's awesome. I've never had a polish that lived long enough to be friends with. Just had bad luck with them I guess. Are pheasants hard to work with after they hatch? I wanted to get some last year but was afraid they would just stay wild and run off.

Yup that's a silkie egg all right. I'm getting about 12 or so a day from my little ones. Your silkies should be laying by now if they are that old. And they are so fluffy!!!

Just out of curiosity what kind of chicks were you hoping to hatch?

Not a problem. I'm usually stalking around the forum at odd times haha I live on this site practically.

What a cool post!! I'm really interested in finding out if this will work or not. If it does then who needs an incubator when you have two?? ... If your a girl anyway lol

I would use a very lightly wet rag and just try to scrub it all down as best you can. I always soak my trays in a little bleach water or antibacterial soapy water for half an hour before starting the bator up. Don't want those babies getting exposed to any more germs then need be. Good luck and...

Very good!! I'm so happy she/he is doing better. It's amazing what a little TLC can do.

Something I forgot to mention about the respiratory thing that is important. She will ALWAYS carry this from now on. It will be a reoccurring thing that comes out during stressful times. Once they get over it the first time it's not usually that bad. My entire flock caught this unfortunately...

Yes the Tylan will help her fight off the respiratory infection. As for the eye I've never had to deal with an infection that bad before. Poor little one. I think @Stewarts is right about the vet part. Large animal clinics don't charge a whole lot for chickens. Especially for a chick. I just had...

I've never had a problem with having only one chick. Just make sure you give her lots of attention and she will be just fine. I'm sure there are many mixed replies on here but nothing says it will hurt her to be alone until she is big enough to not get squished. I usually put a feather duster is...

Whenever my hens hatch chicks I usually take them away the first chance I get. I've got wayyyyyy too many dogs and cats to let my hens take care of them. I'd rather raise them by hand and make sure they live and this also gives me a chance to handle them ad make them tame. I've never been a fan...

Sounds to me like your little chick either has a very bad eye infection or a infectious upper respiratory infection. I would rinse daily with saline solution to keep it clean and keep putting the neosporine on the eye. On a side note your chick could have an eye worm. What does the eye look...