Broody catastrophe with a happy ending.

[lilmillefleur]

Sorry for your loss
Glad to see the other older chicks have all decided that Molly was their Mommy. Super duper cute!!

 

[ChirpyChicks1]

Oh no!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Molly and babies
all of them were up under her feathers when we walked up.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I have sad news. One of Molly's babies didn't make it. I went out this afternoon to feed my mom's horses (they are away for the weekend) and Molly was kicking up a fuss. I looked in her pen and I found a baby on its back. I thought it was dead, but when my shadow covered its body it opened its eyes and started bicycling its legs in the air, I picked it up and it looked really shaky and unsteady on its feet. I took it inside and gave it some Nutridrench and water. I had to dip its beak a few times to get it to actually drink. It looked like it perked up after 10-15 min. When I checked on it 2 hours later, I found it under the ramp for the broody box, dead. It looked like it laid down in the shade and died. I'm glad the poor little thing at least didn't die on its back in the sun. Poor thing wasn't as vigorous as the rest of the chicks and was 25% smaller than the other chicks it hatched with. I think it was a failure to thrive baby. I'm now really glad that I grafted the 4 older chicks onto Molly. She does so well with her babies that I think it would be sad for her to only have 4 of them.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Molly lost another baby.

It was another of the babies she hatched. No signs of any violence, no pasty butt, just dead. They all looked great earlier today. I wonder if the babies dying is caused residual by bacteria from the exploded egg.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

I’m so sorry for your losses.......this post is no longer “Broody catastrophe with a Happy ending......”.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I’m so sorry for your losses.......this post is no longer “Broody catastrophe with a Happy ending......”.

It's still a win that she still has 7 babies instead of just 3. I may have to change the title.