OK I've seen others weigh in but I will too. Sounds like you sustained a concussion imo, enough to get checked out. In any case it would be very good if you can determine the cause of fainting and try to stop it occurring. It's very dangerous. Here's a reality check story: My mother's musical partner died from fainting in his kitchen because he hit the lower back of his head on a counter edge as he went down. In just a certain way that it killed him. So please take it seriously!
@ValarieF THIS POST!Ok reading back to see what happened here, you NEED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
I am sure Mrs By Bob will tell you this also (she is also a Nurse). Head injuries are not to be trifled with. At all. Period. Had friend who just banged his head in the shed, didn’t lose consciousness and a couple weeks later he had a seizure - he had a subdural hematoma. Surgery to drain relieve pressure of brain.
The cook at the cafe at work slipped fell in his driveway in the winter, again didn’t lose consciousness but month later seizure - another hematoma - surgery….
You need to get this checkedPlease
He is handsome.
HahahahahahahahaIt would be amazing if asses could read
In all my research that I did preparing for chickens, and I read extensively about bumblefoot, I never came across a claim that giving your chicks things to perch on will give them a propensity to bumblefoot. Maybe the author considers a difference between ROOSTING and PERCHING. I don't know, maybe as in forcing chicks to sleep all night on a roost and not in a natural position as they would under their mother is bad? But I don't see it. Let them go where they are inclined to and give them lots of options.So, @BY Bob , or anyone else who has knowledge regarding this:
Last night I read an article regarding Bumblefoot, and it said you shouldn't give chicks roosts until they are at least 4 weeks old, as it can damage their feet and predispose them to bumblefoot later.
I had always assumed (Yes, I know what 'ass-u-me-d' is sometimes restated as.) that it was good to give them things to jump up on (enrichment in general), and differing sized roosts for exercise/use of foot muscles.
Now I am not sure what to think. One would imagine that in the wild they go 'up' as soon as they are able, as it is safer for them, and that even before they can fly they are encountering sticks, logs, rock, etc. on the ground that they will step on/hop on. ??????
These are pictures of what I have in my current chicks' brooder. They have been in this brooder and had these things since they were 5 days old.
This is a roost made out of a 2X3 on it's flat side. They were using the 'steps' of the supports to hop up before they could fly. It is hard to tell, but I sanded the 'hard corners' off the top edges before making the roost with leftover scraps of wood.
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Sorry, best pic. I have of the branch. It is somewhat arched, so the majority of it is about an inch+ above the bedding. It doesn't have too rough of a bark, but it isn't perfectly smooth, either. Each of the 3 'legs' has a different size diameter...between that, the arching so raised, and the fact that it is very stable... and I thought this was perfect for chicks.
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Then, of course, once they could 'hop-fly' and were pooping on top of the brooder plate, I added the cardboard box with shavings. Of course, they promptly started roosting at times on the edge of the cardboard...as the white chick is in this photo.
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For 'enrichment/healthy environment' they also have a dust bath and get a hunk of grass or weeds with soil embedded in the roots daily for their scratching/exploring pleasure. Initially the dust bath was a rugged but short cardboard box - you can see that in the second pic above, (which, again, they roosted on at times), now that they are bigger AND can fly, it is a decent sized round plastic planter pot that has the rolled edges, so is quite smooth. (and yes, they perch on that, too)
SO: are these perching/roosting things good, bad???? I'm not sure what to think. My adults do occasionally get bumble foot. I usually catch it early and it isn't a big deal...sometimes I don't catch it right away....but while I DO have some cases, I don't get a lot of them...roughly 2-4 cases a summer with all my adults. (they rarely get them in the winter as they aren't off exploring and getting into trouble when there is snow on the ground...they keep to the shoveled run and an area in the field around 2 shrubs that I also usually shovel) As a reference, I presently have 96 adults between chickens, ducks & geese with another 33 chicks. (Adults are counting my teens) And I have already processed 10 this year (mostly young ducks(drakes) but a few hens, too)
Just make some pig leg/feet dish on your own.
There’s always a bucket of pickled cabbage in my fridge!Just make some pig leg/feet dish on your own.
When I was sick there a couple weeks ago I craved Chinese take out
Even though I knew I wouldn’t likely keep it down or be able to swallow with my seriously SORE throat where the pain migrated up into my ears and I visualized the pain pouring out my ears 
