Search results for query: *

At just under two days old… after three iterations of sandals/wrappings… and frequent offerings of vitamin B, vitamin E, sugar water, mashed chick food and crumbled hard boiled egg yolks… we have a chick who can stand and walk! I’m completely blown away by this chick’s resilience and how...

This evening after it had been 24 hours I took the sandals off the chick. One foot is nearly completely improved, the other still has a bit of a twist to it. But the chick can put both feet flat on the ground which is awesome. What I realised is that the chick has duck foot, where the back toe...

Thanks for your reply @Wyorp Rock. I'm concluding from my research that the chick doesn't have a slipped tendon which is the most concerning possibility. Seems like it would be in a lot more pain and a lot less mobile. That article about poultry podiatry is excellent! I'm bookmarking it for...

This is a photo of what the legs look like from the back, and a video of the chick getting around. @azygous if you have any thoughts or advice? I would greatly value your input.

So this is about the chick my broody hatched (or rather incubated and then didn't hatch). I wrote two other threads here and here. In short, my broody hen Yinny was sitting on two eggs. One hatched, the other took longer and she left the nest whilst it was externally pipped. I assisted the...