I agree with QuinnP, your possible culls are adorable.
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Very, very sweet. I'm sorry about your possible culls, I sure hope you can salvage that ??mottled?? I guessing it's a mottled by the tuxedo pattern.
Not sure...the little legs are real spraddled we shall see.
Very, very sweet. I'm sorry about your possible culls, I sure hope you can salvage that ??mottled?? I guessing it's a mottled by the tuxedo pattern.
Not sure...the little legs are real spraddled we shall see.
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Very, very sweet. I'm sorry about your possible culls, I sure hope you can salvage that ??mottled?? I guessing it's a mottled by the tuxedo pattern.
Not sure...the little legs are real spraddled we shall see.
For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
Very, very sweet. I'm sorry about your possible culls, I sure hope you can salvage that ??mottled?? I guessing it's a mottled by the tuxedo pattern.
Not sure...the little legs are real spraddled we shall see.
For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
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Not sure...the little legs are real spraddled we shall see.
For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
Not sure...the little legs are real spraddled we shall see.
For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
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For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
Very good idea Doug! I'll give that a try the next time............of course not hoping for a next time, but there always is something it seems like.
For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
Very good idea Doug! I'll give that a try the next time............of course not hoping for a next time, but there always is something it seems like.
Oh they are hobbled...I used the bandaid method. At almost 24 hours old when they did not have their feet under them, they were hobbled. I am giving them a week to show some improvement without the hobble. If there is improvement when I remove the hobble, I will give them a new hobble and let them continue to heal up, if no improvement, then I will cull.
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For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
You can also place the chick in a tea cup with no banding of legs, make sure you attend it where it has food and water. The cups natural "U" shape pushes the legs back together in about 24 hours
Just another thought to work with. Hope it all works out.
For what it's worth, if you feel brave and your hands are steady, you can fix that, and I don't believe it's genetic, I think it's and incubation issue. Anyway, if you could get something like a pipe cleaner, you can make in affect, a pair of hobbles. Cut the pipe cleaner just a bit longer than the width you need, then bend little tiny loops at the ends and make it about the length of the width you think the chick should be standing with his legs in a normal position. Finally, get the chick and press one of the loops together with one of his legs in it. Kind of down around the "ankle," and of course do the same thing with the other loop and his leg. Make sure his legs are up under him where they need to be for him to stand. Then let him go............ He stumble around a bit at first, but he'll get it together and finally start to walk a bit. You may need to watch him and make sure he's getting to the feed and water, but it really doesn't take long for them to get those leg muscles right, just a few day or so........maybe 4 or 5. I think some folks may leave them on a little longer. Depending on how old he is, 2 days? 3 or so, you might need to leave it on a little longer. If you put the hobble on a chick within the first day, it doesn't take very long.
I sure hope that helps you and the baby out.
Best of luck to you on this. Mandy from the Cochin Coop was the person who taught me about it.
Hang in there, and I'll say a little prayer for you and the chickie.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
You can also place the chick in a tea cup with no banding of legs, make sure you attend it where it has food and water. The cups natural "U" shape pushes the legs back together in about 24 hours
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We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
You can also place the chick in a tea cup with no banding of legs, make sure you attend it where it has food and water. The cups natural "U" shape pushes the legs back together in about 24 hours
Just another thought to work with. Hope it all works out.
Wow!! How ingenious! I love it.
We use band aids cut in half width wise as the pad is about the right length for leg spacing.
You can also place the chick in a tea cup with no banding of legs, make sure you attend it where it has food and water. The cups natural "U" shape pushes the legs back together in about 24 hours
Wow!! How ingenious! I love it.
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You can also place the chick in a tea cup with no banding of legs, make sure you attend it where it has food and water. The cups natural "U" shape pushes the legs back together in about 24 hours
Just another thought to work with. Hope it all works out.
Wow!! How ingenious! I love it.
Great idea!!! Very cool.
You can also place the chick in a tea cup with no banding of legs, make sure you attend it where it has food and water. The cups natural "U" shape pushes the legs back together in about 24 hours
Wow!! How ingenious! I love it.
Great idea!!! Very cool.
I would LOVE to hear what colors these d'uccles are! I hatched them out 6 days ago. I have a 9th too, but he/she looks just like the chicks in the first pic. Can you help me w/ what their colors will be?? Thank you!!
Chicks 1, 2, & 3
Chicks 4, 5, & 6 (4 & 5 seem to have red/black wing feathers, w/ #6 being white black - guessing he's the only black mottled?)
Chicks 7 & 8 (they each have reddish faces too..that I failed to get pics of..wing feathers appear to be red and black too)
Chicks 1, 2, & 3
Chicks 4, 5, & 6 (4 & 5 seem to have red/black wing feathers, w/ #6 being white black - guessing he's the only black mottled?)
Chicks 7 & 8 (they each have reddish faces too..that I failed to get pics of..wing feathers appear to be red and black too)
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