Before you say anything, I already feel like an absolute idiot...I was putting up the electrical cord for my water bucket and when I stepped off the ladder I was using...I stepped onto a chicken! It squawked so I didn't fully crush it but I think I heard a pop. It got up and is running around...
HELP!!
Unfortunately I stepped on my 3 week old chick yesterday...
I didn’t put my full foot down fully until I realized she was under my foot. I did enough damage that her vent prolapsed..
I did some reading about what I should do so I popped it back in with Vaseline after disinfecting it but...
Hi all. I've been hatching eggs under a broody light Sussex hen. This is her and my first hatch. They have been hatching from Monday to today Friday (all.were put under her on different days) . Yesterday she had 6 chicks and I noticed that the final egg under her had a dry membrane and was...
I accidentally stepped on my chick and idk what to do
I have a little pen set up for my 4 chicks and I’m always EXTREMELY careful but when I took a step today to get out of the pen, a chick hurriedly went under my foot and I stepped on it, I quickly picked up my foot and I didn’t put all my...
* This is a REALLY LONG post, but please bear with me!!!
* I’m brand new to this forum and to raising poultry.
* Dexter and Darwin are unsexed Rouen ducklings (a little over a month old).
The Story:
My 8-year-old son decided to “help” by feeding the ducks and chickens one morning while my...
this morning I was out feeding and little did I know one of my hens decided to run out right as I put my foot down... I hurt one of her legs cause she limps. but now she wont walk so I cant figure out what leg it is! she is panting so I'm thinking she went into shock. i have her inside and am...
this morning I was out feeding and little did I know one of my hens decided to run out right as I put my foot down... I hurt one of her legs cause she limps. but now she wont walk so I cant figure out what leg it is! she is panting so I'm thinking she went into shock. i have her inside and am...