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Great explanation, thank you!

Well I'm not hundreds of years old, that's for sure. :lol: My family raised chickens on what they could forage for themselves and whatever table scraps we gave them, no daytime predator protection, and no internet to ask these sorts of questions on. ;) For us, yes it was that simple, the hens...

Is 2 months too young for chickens to eat greens and scraps? When is it okay? When my family raised chickens when I was a kid it was without any chicken feed at all (in a remote area of West Africa) so I'm new to this concept of chickens being sensitive about their feed.

Earth First chick starter/grower feed (always available), lots of greens from the yard, veggie/fruit scraps. Just added a second water with NutriDrench in it today because he can't reach the other water.

I have a 2 month old rooster who's showing signs of weak legs and balance issues. Can still walk, but very hesitant to do so and seems uncomfortable standing, resting down on his hocks. I've carefully inspected his feet multiple times over and cannot find anything wrong. His legs, nothing seems...

Thank you for all the replies! Her wry neck was improving to the point where she wasn't spasming nonstop anymore and she was so determined to walk, but yesterday she began refusing food and she passed this morning. Thank you for the supportive replies, I learned so much about chick care from...

Thanks for letting me know! This chick is entirely incapable of walking, standing, or sitting upright even at 2 days old. Currently without assistance she can only lay on her side and kick.

So we tried that method, but if the tape across the back wasn't tight, then she kept getting a foot loose and pushing out of it (she easily gets a foot over behind her head lately). If it was any tighter than that, she seemed to struggle to breathe. She would throw her head back with her beak...

Last night we started offering her egg yolk on a toothpick, and she started pecking it. She hasn't been able to peck at all previously, and that's continued into today. She also is making more attempts to stand, and her cheeps are louder. I got the vit E gel capsules, and decided to mix the...

How much of the goat supplement gel do you give? We have that but have been afraid to use it after the warnings.

I cannot find a store nearby that offers supplements containing selenium for chickens. I found a "selenium and vitamin E gel for goats" and we bought that but found another thread where people are advising not to use that, I've been afraid of dosing too much selenium. After the two responses I...

Hey is there any chance anyone on this thread knows anything about wry neck? I'm struggling to find anyone willing to answer my questions in my "emergencies" thread so I've been flying blind all day and would super appreciate anyone weighing in with their thoughts. I just posted a video of the...

I tried to attach a video but I can't figure out how to on this forum (or it's been disabled). So I stuck it on youtube if anyone wants to take a look and tell me what you think. I just shot it and the chick is I estimate maybe 10 hours old. Hope it's okay to share, I just really want help with...

Oh! Sorry I wasn't clear, so these two are the last to hatch out of a dozen! And this is my second batch of hatching chicks. All the rest are walking pretty much fine within an hour or two. This one is not even able to "sit" normally in your hand, it keeps arching and twisting and tucking its...

bumping again hoping someone is willing to respond...am I on the right track here?

It kept not being able to get up from its side under the heat plate, so now I'm trying carrying it around inside a loose shelf bra cami. :lol: It seemed lonely so I got its tiny sibling that hatched with it sometime overnight to join it. Now I have two tiny chicks in my bra and they seem happy...

Okay so I decided to do nutri-drench instead. It gives dilution instructions, but also says "for rapid response, feed directly in mouth". Does that mean at full concentration? Would you recommend doing that in this case? I've placed it with the others under careful supervision because it seems...

It really likes me holding it <3

I woke up to two chicks hatched in the incubator, but one can't stand at all and its neck keeps going into an odd position. It can't even get into a proper position while I'm holding it, it keeps trembling and like spasming into an odd position. What I have on hand is Durvet vitamins &...

My last two pipped hatched overnight. :) They were the tiniest eggs of the batch. One is healthy, the other has what I'm pretty sure is wry neck. It can't seem to stay upright or straighten out its neck at all, poor thing. I don't have the right things on hand but I'll start with this vitamin...