day-old chick with "curled feet" (last attempt before culling... )

[acid_chipmunk]

So glad that your baby is doing well!

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Yayyy, I'm so glad to hear the baby made it and is doing well! I've been reading this thread and hoping you'd be able to save it. Great job!

 

[technodoll]

Well here she is, the wonder-chick formerly knows as "Flipper" at 11 days old!

She needs a new name... any suggestions?

 

[sunket77]

Mira if it is a girl (short for miracle!)

culling can be a tough decision, I have had to do it, the chick had a respiratory infection. I am so glad you could save yours!

 

[KKatknap]

I'd keep it Flipper - it's kinda cute. Plus, it makes a nice feel-good story when people ask about it.

 

[technodoll]

DH wants to call her Flipper... but it's a dolphin's name! geeesh!

 

[LarryPQ]

Gump? Forrest? Ducky? Waddles? Gimpy? Pippette?

 

[Wynette]

I'm so glad she's doing well! I actually like the name Flipper!

 

[QuinnP]

EEEEEEEEEEK!!! scoop her up & cover her wit kisses!!!!!!!!!!
mwahmwahmwahmwahmwahmwah

(Roo squeals like she's being terribly inconvenianced)

 

[Tortrefarm]

I hatched 17 mixed breed chicks over a course of five days in the incubator. The very last needed help out of the egg as the membrane was tough - evidently too little humidity. The chick had a curled foot. At about a week of age, I pulled it out of the others into isolation and set its foot with masking tape, splaying the toes to the correct stance on the sticky side of the tape, then putting a second piece of tape over the top, securing tape to tape around the edges and then trimming to fit. It was easy to see where to trim by holding the taped foot to the light and seeing the outline, trimming around to avoid the toes. I changed the tape splint every morning, checking to see how it was going. Soaking in warm water helps soften the bandage (read about this in another post on-line). After five days, the foot was now fairly uncurled (not perfect, but almost) and I put her back out with her buddies. That was four days ago. Everything is fine and you can hardly tell her from the others although she still is the smallest.