In this case, I wanted the eggs so I could see the color. I was looking for the extra dark Marans eggs. Of the 14, 2 were not fertile and 12 for 12 hatched. Marans eggs are notorious for being hard to hatch because of the hard shells, I think.
I ended up holding the chick in the correct position, in my hand last night for several hours and this morning, it seems much better.
Now I am doing the same for two chicks (last to hatch and shrink wrapped) who have curly toe and cant stand. I taped the toes and now im trying to get them to...
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I have hatched and repaired plenty of splayed legs where they go out to the side, but this chick has one leg that is behind it, the other is fine. I tried the traditional method of putting a bandaid brace to pull them closer together, but now both legs are back and the chick is on its...