that is a horrible thing for those people to do!! by the sounds of things they cant even look after their other animals! u have to steal them back. if this happened with my chickens i would be soooo angry i would explode. even your story makes me angry! some people are soooooo (i really cant...
the chick is now fine! she is eating drinking a pooping fine now. she still a bit clumsy but only when trying to jump like the others. she still sticks really close to her mum but today she has been out loads
thanks for all your help
try to treat for spraddle leg and if it hurts the chick when you bend it back then take it to the vets, if it doesnt hurt just do the spraddle leg treatment.
hope this helps
good luck
really confused about my chick. i thought it had spradle leg, but now im really confused. its so clumsy and falls over sometimes, but then other times it runs about and its eating small amounts and drinking like the other chicks do. its with its mum and 4 other chicks in a brooder. it can never...
just checked on the chicks and the little runt one is running around!!!!!!!! i really dont know whats up with it! could it just be getting tired quickly, or is it just because it was the last to hatch and it's younger than the others???
thanks for your help. she can sort of walk and her legs are very slightly out of place so she's not that bad. the thing is though she is with a broody and other chicks so how will she stay warm when there up and walking around?? she's only 2 days where as the others are 3. she's only just...
i think one of my chicks has spradle leg, she can sort of walk a bit but then falls and when she does walk its more like a hobble. she fell in the water while bending down to drink this morning. she really doesn't have a very good balance. what should i do?? because if i take her legs liek how...
i will try and get a pic tommorow i really dont want to stress her out anymore, she's had a horrible day
thanks for you help, i think it might be that too
hi
can anyone come to my chicks rescue. on friday 4 little black chicks hatched under my broody, then on sat another was on its way. when they had hatched and dried off i thought i would check them over. mother hen didnt seem to mind! the one that hatched on the saturday has a red sort of lump...
thank you! i was worried as its her first time. its so tempting to keep looking!! i'll just leave her now. so how long until she can go outside with her chicks. and what should i do about the rest of the flock??
hello, i hav had fertile chicken eggs under one of my broody bantams. this is the first time i hav had a broody so i thought i would give it a try. i got the eggs off a friend as she has cockrels and i dont. well yesterday one of the eggs was cheaping (i got really excited) and this morning the...