- Apr 28, 2011
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I am new at chicken raising. I have six 5 week old Tetra Tints (I think) and just got 25 in mail yesterday--10 Columbian Rock, 5 Dark Brahma, 5 Buff Orpington, and 5 Speckled Sussex. I was immediately in love with the new babies as were my kids. I found the first day a little high maintenance, but I figure that I will get better as caretaker. The new chicks were going through quite a bit of water so I put in an extra water jar last night after giving them some fresh bedding. This morning...I lifted the water jar and found a dead smashed chick
Apparently, I hadn't noticed putting the jar on the baby last night thinking it was just lumpy bedding. I cried all morning. I'm still not over it. Then, on top of that, I had a sick one from the beginning who wasn't eating. I gave her sugar water several times, which she drank, but she just wouldn't get up and do anything--I separated her from the others and she just lay limp. She was still alive when I got home from work this afternoon, only to have a seizure and die right in front of my daughter and me. Now, I also have a sore, swollen butt on one of the Columbian Rocks. It's not just pasty butt--swollen and awful looking--bare skin--and somehow looks like there is a red swollen area to the side of the vent--belly button would be underneath right?
So far being a chicken mama has me extremely emotional and I'm not an emotional person usually.
Angie
So far being a chicken mama has me extremely emotional and I'm not an emotional person usually.
Angie
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