Easter Egger club!

[Chkinkeeper7474]

Some of you might remember (probably not) that I had a game X duccle hen go broody last winter and hatch out some surprise chicks. They were fathered by a LF EE rooster. I ended up getting three pullets out of that batch. A white one, a black and gold one, and a black and white one. They all take after their mother and are bantams. I was hoping they would be EE bantams, and inherit the blue egg gene from their father. Well this month they started laying and they are confirmed EE's -- all three lay little blue eggs!

Wow that's great!!! Show us some pics of them!

 

[dgibson0604]

Help
Chick has been like this since it hatched 2 days ago
it was in the egg completely sideways
The leg is stuck back and the toes are curled
What should i do

 

[magicstorm]

Help Chick has been like this since it hatched 2 days ago it was in the egg completely sideways The leg is stuck back and the toes are curled What should i do

Im not sure about leg as I am new to chickens . I know u can make a shoe for the foot, there is a lot of info on here about that that I have come across. Search chick shoe or curled feet. You may get better response time if you post a new thread under the injury and disease section. Good luck, someone on here will be able to help I am sure, there is so many knowledgeable people here.

 

[CGinJCMO]

Help
Chick has been like this since it hatched 2 days ago
it was in the egg completely sideways
The leg is stuck back and the toes are curled
What should i do

Research Splayed Legs and Curled Toes and you'll see success stories and how to do it. I have successfully fixds curled toes but so far I have not been successful with splayed legs. If fact, I just put a chick down because at one month old, I wasn't successful in getting it to stand and it was getting trampled. It also wasn't growing as quickly as the others so I'm guessing it wasn't getting to the food as easily either.

CG

 

[jhomestead]

Help
Chick has been like this since it hatched 2 days ago
it was in the egg completely sideways
The leg is stuck back and the toes are curled
What should i do

You want to attempt to fix this as early as possible. There is much more flexibility in the first few days. If you use a standards size band-aid the actual bandage portion is the width you want to keep between the two legs. You then wrap the adhesive portion around the legs themselves to create a sort of brace for walking. Separate the chick from any others and make sure it has easy access to food and water. Similar bandage methods can be used on the toes. My splayed legger is one of my healthiest chicks now at 8 weeks (can't even tell). But you have to work on the fix ASAP.

 

[jhomestead]

And when you take off the bandage you'll want to use a little olive oil as it deactivates the adhesive and prevents pulling at the chicks legs.

 

[Giggles Chicks]

Love my little cutie

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Is that sand how do u keep it clean I would love to do something like that but I heard it gets messy and smelly.

 

[Giggles Chicks]

Yes it's sand. I scoop it like a litter box. Got it at Lowes, they sell it in 1000lb bags. Our coop is 8x12 we used bags

 

[Giggles Chicks]

We used 2 bags sorry for the typo