- May 31, 2011
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hello, i just recently made an account here because i couldn't find the help or answer anywhere else and i trust you all will help if you can.
i am new to chick raising, although i have cared for hens with my family before, i am living with my boyfriend now and my coworker is over-run with chicks so he gave us four of our own. they are "banees" ? i'm not sure if that's how you spell it. anyways, they are around a week or so old, and they are so adorable. when we picked them up, my coworker told us that the mother hen banged them up a bit. three of them are fine, just some feather loss and little peck marks, but nothing serious. there is one chick though, who is in rough condition.
gussy, as i call her, is the only yellow chick out of the others who are white with black spotting. poor gussy has scabs around her eyes, on the right side she has scabbing above her eye but she is still able to see properly out of it. the other eye has scabbing more close to the eye itself, and it is not opened all the way, but squinting and also quite watery. her beak also is scabbed, they are almost around the entire beak to where it cannot close and it almost looks a little crooked. the scabs are almost bubble-like in appearance, and not bloody but kind of raw looking. she also has some dried blood on her shoulders where you can see her beak has rested. and she also has this weird skin bubble - almost like a blister you would get on your heel from shoes. it's located on her right shoulder. it's transparent and either filled with water or maybe just air. she is walking fine, was the first out of the chicks to explore her new home, first to drink, and first to eat. she is a pretty happy girl, but doesn't seem as scared when i reach for her, like the others. and the others stick more together but do not shun her or peck at her.
what i'm wondering is what should i do, if anything? i cleaned some of the water from her left eye with a warm towel, but i'm not sure if she needs ointment or something. also about the bubble on her shoulder, if that is really bad or will go away naturally? and will she die? i really don't want her to, she is a sweetheart but she is quite rough and ugly looking.
thank you in advance for your help.
i am new to chick raising, although i have cared for hens with my family before, i am living with my boyfriend now and my coworker is over-run with chicks so he gave us four of our own. they are "banees" ? i'm not sure if that's how you spell it. anyways, they are around a week or so old, and they are so adorable. when we picked them up, my coworker told us that the mother hen banged them up a bit. three of them are fine, just some feather loss and little peck marks, but nothing serious. there is one chick though, who is in rough condition.
gussy, as i call her, is the only yellow chick out of the others who are white with black spotting. poor gussy has scabs around her eyes, on the right side she has scabbing above her eye but she is still able to see properly out of it. the other eye has scabbing more close to the eye itself, and it is not opened all the way, but squinting and also quite watery. her beak also is scabbed, they are almost around the entire beak to where it cannot close and it almost looks a little crooked. the scabs are almost bubble-like in appearance, and not bloody but kind of raw looking. she also has some dried blood on her shoulders where you can see her beak has rested. and she also has this weird skin bubble - almost like a blister you would get on your heel from shoes. it's located on her right shoulder. it's transparent and either filled with water or maybe just air. she is walking fine, was the first out of the chicks to explore her new home, first to drink, and first to eat. she is a pretty happy girl, but doesn't seem as scared when i reach for her, like the others. and the others stick more together but do not shun her or peck at her.
what i'm wondering is what should i do, if anything? i cleaned some of the water from her left eye with a warm towel, but i'm not sure if she needs ointment or something. also about the bubble on her shoulder, if that is really bad or will go away naturally? and will she die? i really don't want her to, she is a sweetheart but she is quite rough and ugly looking.
thank you in advance for your help.
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