Went out to the (brooder) coop to check on the babies and found a lil poor black silkie chick....FLATTENED and squashed to death!!!
I always have my babies with my older ones (up to 7 weeks old) (all standard breeds) have never had a problem. The others seemed so much stronger and stable... but these lil silkies dont move! they are so much more fragile and clutzy, they walk and stumble, if they topple over they struggle trying to get up........nothing like having standard breed chicks. And they walk right into the water. I have never seen a chick do that. Now I see why one could drown!!
It's my fault....I didn't do my homework to read up on them before I got them, was just sooooo excited to get the lil fluffies.
They needed extra special treatment. I'm a bad chicken mom!!
I always have my babies with my older ones (up to 7 weeks old) (all standard breeds) have never had a problem. The others seemed so much stronger and stable... but these lil silkies dont move! they are so much more fragile and clutzy, they walk and stumble, if they topple over they struggle trying to get up........nothing like having standard breed chicks. And they walk right into the water. I have never seen a chick do that. Now I see why one could drown!!
It's my fault....I didn't do my homework to read up on them before I got them, was just sooooo excited to get the lil fluffies.
They needed extra special treatment. I'm a bad chicken mom!!
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