I brought home 4 silkie chicks on Friday. Aside from the typical adjustment phase, all were active, eating, drinking, and thriving. This morning (Monday) I went to the brooder to see one of the chicks on its side. I assumed it had been knocked over or fell off the stuffed animal in the brooder...
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So it was with sadness that one chick that was incubating was dead when it wasn’t moving for three days in egg. I opened the egg and the chick was dead with its neck twisted. I don’t know how it happened so I researched and thought it could be the beginning stages of wry neck. It was...
My 10 week old Welsummer cockerel is limping and has been for approximately one week. As soon as I noticed the limp I looked at his feet/legs to make sure there were no cuts, scrapes, abrasions, bumblefoot, etc. There was nothing showing outwardly. Over the course of the week, I have checked him...