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  1. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    We haven't seen any improvement in her legs but we've come up with a new idea to keep her comfy, check it out! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4822890#p4822890
  2. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    Thank you all so much for the caring advise, we're still trying the 'hobble' type setup with bandaids, we'll see how it goes!
  3. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    We've been adding electrolytes to her water for 2 weeks...
  4. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    We're not trying the bandage the legs together route...She doesn't sit on her feet properly but we'll see how it goes, so far she hasn't flailed around...She's still eating and drinking with no problems and we added some cooked yoke to her diet...We'll try everything before the final solution...
  5. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    It's actually a puppy pad which is fibrous so their nails and rough surfaces on their feet catch...It's not paper smooth, if that matters...We've never seen one slip on them, again, if that matters...My wife was feeling her while I was putting her feet in the sponge and there is some type of...
  6. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    We just tried using a sponge with holes in it for her legs that would hold them straight down, the left foot won't even turn to a normal position......When you say bandaid them, I don't understand what you're saying?...
  7. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    Give me a few minutes, I just took some video of her and am uploading to youtube...
  8. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    It was born with one bad leg and since then the other has gone out, it can't stand on either and when not exhausted all it does is flail around the cage...She looks unhappy and uncomfortable... We looked into making a cushion type device to hold her legs down and straight but she can't put...
  9. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    After finding some threads it seems baking soda and vinegar may be the most humane option....Any ideas on the method process for administering it?
  10. kysilkies

    I Believe We Need To Put A Chick Down, What's The Most Humane Way?

    Me and the Mrs have never faced this before and we love animals so much we've found it hard just getting to this point but we have a chick with 2 bad legs, all it does is flail around now and we know it's not happy or comfortable... Unless someone can tell us how to fix 2 bad legs, I think we...
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