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I wanted to let all who has supported me and our sweet sick chick over the past 9 weeks, that we put Pip down today. She is no longer suffering. We tried the last treatment and it didn't work. We did all that we could do with no avail. There was interest in a local University to put Pip down and...

Thank you for your kind words Ruth. I just didn't want you to think that I would have kept her alive for my little one. I would like to know how to best put her out of her misery? I don't want her to suffer when I do it.

I am not familiar with the baking soda peroxide method. Can someone describe what to do and how the bird reacts?

Hi Ruth... I wanted to let you know, that I have not kept this chick alive "because it's my daughter's favorite", that part just makes it all harder. I have kept her alive in hopes of finding a cure for her. After a long seven weeks of constant love and care and effort....hours researching...

The cycle continues.... She is now hemorrhaging again.

Here is the update for today. These photos were taken as of this evening. I started putting iodine on her feet, so the yellowish color is the iodine. I continuing the same regimen of vitamins and antibiotics. Although I am not really sure it's making a huge impact. When she was off of...

Pip Squeak still looks ruff, however, she seems to really enjoy my company and comfort. She seems content when in my company, as if I am her Mother Hen. I let her walk in the kitchen to get some exercise and she follows me around. I took her outside with me today while I knelt down to work in a...

Some replies from Dr.'s and specialists: "From what I have seen of the photos, it looks like it could be many things. Vitamin A deficiency (not very likely), biotin eficiency (also not very likely), zinc deficiency (it could be this one) or an auto immune disorder such as pemphigus or lupus...

Some new photos from this afternoon. She lost another nail, there was a small one underneath though. I brought her back inside. I couldn't bare to leave her out there. SHe is slow moving....but still eating and drinking. I put vitamins back in her water and biotin as well. I figured, it can't...

Photos I took this morning after I watered and fed the flock: She spends most of her time, still and sunning herself. She is most often found at the entrance of the hen house. She seems to be bothered by sitting in the grass. This little chick is my daughter's most loved. I am sure because...

So, if I choose to end her suffering, what is the most humane way of doing so? I just can't imagine doing this to her, we've cared for her so long and so much, she's my three year old's favorite (of, course). I absolutely do not have the funds to take her to the vet, my husband has been laid...

PIP SQUEAK HER FACE (rawness and lesions on beak): HER LEFT FOOT (swelling with splitting skin at toe nails, hemorrhaging and scabbing): HER RIGHT FOOT (swelling with splitting skin at toe nails, hemorrhaging and scabbing): Well, I am not really sure what to think with Pip-Squeak. Her...

Yes, I am pretty sure there is not a foreign body in her foot. This has been happening since she came home (1 day old). This started between the toes (you can see in earlier posts). Then it got worse and has just kind of went in cycles. I am thankful that all the others are fine. I am going...

I took these photos of Pip-Squeak today. She is five weeks old now. I moved her out with the other chicks to the hen house and run. She does not go to the run, I think because she is not totally feathered like the others and because her feet are sore. I am not sure how she will fair on the wood...

Thanks for your encouragement. I only have a couple more days left of the the Cipro (I had eight days worth to give her). I will continue with both. Being outside to long irritates her feet to much, so she can only be out for a bit. Jessica

Here is the update on Pip-Squeak. Well, she is still alive. I started treating her with Cipro twice a day last WED. They were 250 mg pills cut into 1/8ths. I have also been treating her since last TUES. with biotin supplements. I mix a dissolved biotin supplement in water and soak dried meal...

Yes you are both compassionate and generous people . J.

I received the medication Cipro in the mail yesterday from Peter Brown (The Chicken Doctor - www.firststatevetsupply.com ). He was kind enough to send me two pills of Cipro to be cut into 1/8ths. I wrapped the 1/8th of a pill in bread so it would be softer going down and then administered the...

Pip-Squeak and Charlotte (she is much smaller and lighter) Her beak and ear...status. Her left foot (had already hemorraged and then created a bubble of air under skin, started seeping, then crusting up) Right foot, hemorraged severely, now body is absorbing blood under skin and creating the...

We don't have a McMurray's . I did go to the store and got some human biotin supplements. I crushed it and watered it and gave it to her in a dropper. She took it fine. I also gave her some romaine lettuce and some hard boiled egg yolk crushed and mixed with her starter food. I read that both...