Introducing " Miracle Baby".. :wee
IMG_20170614_140152 by Farmer Connie posted Jun 14, 2017 at 2:27 PM
Just took him out of sick bay and put him in a lesser population brooder. He is standing and walking on his own.
I first placed him on the brooder room floor and he took off about 2 feet...
He was one of the first and was early on day 20. I believe it was over crowding. I had to divide the batch in 2 brooders after I found him at the bottom of several other chicks laying on him. Before that he was a race horse. I now what you mean. We have rescued late Hatcher's before and they...
The last peeper is now hopping around in the incubator! Rescue from the egg shell was a success.
It's a moulted java and they tend to grow big and strong pretty quick.. It's a good thing because he is a little runted. Yahoo!
Just a tad over 24 hrs.. Still coherent and a bit stronger. Sipping still but mobility challenged. Still we have our fingers crossed. We realize if the poor little dude survives, he may have a permanent handicap. At least he eyes are wide open. Yesterday they were barely open.
I won't give up...
Update: now 7:30ish finished feeding all the big critters outside and came back to find his eyes open and not breathing so hard. Taking sips of electrolytes solution on his own. Dipping his beak and pulling back swallowing. I know that don't mean he's out of the woods but still hanging tight...
One of the largest and strongest chicks from a large batch yesterday has been trampled and piled upon. It is weak but alive. I have partitioned it a small section and periodically dip his beak in electrolytes and does not seen to be getting better. This happened about 8 this morning upon...