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[Crafty chick]

Idk animallover. I have some of the same. I've heard to choose eggs that aren't porous to hatch... but don't know how much of a difference it makes.

 

[Mother2Hens]

Originally Posted by CountryHen19 OK people...I have a chick dilemma. One of my BLRW has splayed leg. I don't know how she got it-- there is a couple of inches of bedding in the brooder. She's not eating that I can see. Probably not drinking either. When I went out there this morning she was laying on her back with all of the other chicks on top of her. Even when they moved away, she just laid there. I picked her up and she wouldn't stand up in my hand or anything. I put her back down in front of the food, she just stood there doing the splits.

I don't want to kill her. she will starve to death and/or dehydrate (ie suffer).

Thought I'd ask all the wise people here before I go look elsewhere.

Bandaid the legs together for the sprayed leg issue. Keep the pad part between the legs as a spacer, it might take two bandaids.
if she was under the others she may have internal injuries. But for the not drinking eating thing, try force feeding water with that chick saver package from TSC that looks like a yeast package. Or use sugar water.

Also separate her and one other bird to keep her company.

Sorry to hear that, Country Hen . . . This is a page about it from my "Chicken Health for Dummies book," which basically says what Sally told you.

 

[Mother2Hens]

Originally Posted by CCCCCCCCHICKENS
M2H- I can't believe they went in and out of the coop so many times. I guess they couldn't decicde. Your roosters are very pretty and so are the hens. How do you tell all the hens apart most of them look identical to me. But I could tell 9 RIRs apart I had and they look identical, I guess it helps if you know there personality.

Those weren't my chickens and roosters-- I ran across the video on youtube a few months ago, so when the "bedtime" topic came up, I remembered seeing that crazy video.

Originally Posted by pbirdhaven The tales about the roost wars brought up a memory. I had a bantam cochin cock that I called Farouk, as he was king of the coop, large fowl not withstanding. He had HIS place on the roost and no question about it. One evening he was slow getting in because he was following me hoping for treats. When he went in, HIS place was taken. Shortly thereafter I heard a squawk and fluttering, then another, etc. He started at the other end where there was a space and knocked chickens off one by one until he reached his assigned seat.

Haha-- that's funny! My Jersey Giant has always chosen the end of the first perch, by the outer wall. Most of this time, she goes in first to make sure she claims her spot. If someone else gets there first, she sounds off her foghorn warning -- I can just picture steam coming out of the top of her head like a cartoon and her blood pressure going through the roof. ha She gets so annoyed, and typically gets her spot back. Since giving them "assigned seats" didn't work, I've dreamed about putting panels up so they can each have her own office cubicle and not be able to peck each other. My husband said that when he and his brother were little and they went on a family trip, his parents would put a suitcase between them in the back seat. HaHa Similar concept!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Those weren't my chickens and roosters-- I ran across the video on youtube a few months ago, so when the "bedtime" topic came up, I remembered seeing that crazy video.

Originally Posted by pbirdhaven The tales about the roost wars brought up a memory. I had a bantam cochin cock that I called Farouk, as he was king of the coop, large fowl not withstanding. He had HIS place on the roost and no question about it. One evening he was slow getting in because he was following me hoping for treats. When he went in, HIS place was taken. Shortly thereafter I heard a squawk and fluttering, then another, etc. He started at the other end where there was a space and knocked chickens off one by one until he reached his assigned seat.

Haha-- that's funny! My Jersey Giant has always chosen the end of the first perch, by the outer wall. Most of this time, she goes in first to make sure she claims her spot. If someone else gets there first, she sounds off her foghorn warning -- I can just picture steam coming out of the top of her head like a cartoon and her blood pressure going through the roof. ha She gets so annoyed, and typically gets her spot back. Since giving them "assigned seats" didn't work, I've dreamed about putting panels up so they can each have her own office cubicle and not be able to peck each other. My husband said that when he and his brother were little and they went on a family trip, his parents would put a suitcase between them in the back seat. HaHa Similar concept!

O i thought they were lol. Well i would think that whoever owns them would have a hard time telling all of those black hens apart lol.

 

[pbirdhaven]

Haha-- that's funny! My Jersey Giant has always chosen the end of the first perch, by the outer wall. Most of this time, she goes in first to make sure she claims her spot. If someone else gets there first, she sounds off her foghorn warning -- I can just picture steam coming out of the top of her head like a cartoon and her blood pressure going through the roof. ha She gets so annoyed, and typically gets her spot back. Since giving them "assigned seats" didn't work, I've dreamed about putting panels up so they can each have her own office cubicle and not be able to peck each other. My husband said that when he and his brother were little and they went on a family trip, his parents would put a suitcase between them in the back seat. HaHa Similar concept!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Good morning, everyone! This is what I woke up to:


[VIDEO]

 

[CountryHen19]

Pipd-- Hika Ma is too funny. It almost sounds like a utterance like "Hi there" than a crow to me but since he's so young, that's all he can do.

Morning Update: Well my husband decided to call her Rocky (it didn't help he was watching Tango & Cash, which has Stallone in a lead role) if she pulls through. Smh...The sick chick survived the night and is trying to walk on her splints but at least she is trying to-- more than she was yesterday.

I was moving the new lamp and the bulb went out! Its too hot to mess with the bulb but I hope it didn't go out after 12 hours. The room is pretty warm (I don't have a furnace/central air) so i doubt they will be cold but they will have to wait until my DH gets off of work.

The buddy chick is bored I can tell. She knocked over both the food cup and the water cup. She was sitting inside the food cup last night. But since she is healthy, she doesn't know what she's doing practically alone in a strange place without the others to mess around with.

 

[danand]

Use a washcloth to hold the hot bulb! And I'd use any house bulb rather than none. Glad she's hanging on and improving!!!

 

[Old Salt 1945]

Pipd-- Hika Ma is too funny. It almost sounds like a utterance like "Hi there" than a crow to me but since he's so young, that's all he can do.

Morning Update: Well my husband decided to call her Rocky (it didn't help he was watching Tango & Cash, which has Stallone in a lead role) if she pulls through. Smh...The sick chick survived the night and is trying to walk on her splints but at least she is trying to-- more than she was yesterday.

I was moving the new lamp and the bulb went out! Its too hot to mess with the bulb but I hope it didn't go out after 12 hours. The room is pretty warm (I don't have a furnace/central air) so i doubt they will be cold but they will have to wait until my DH gets off of work.

The buddy chick is bored I can tell. She knocked over both the food cup and the water cup. She was sitting inside the food cup last night. But since she is healthy, she doesn't know what she's doing practically alone in a strange place without the others to mess around with.

I suspect the bulb may have cooled down by now. Replace it with any available bulb you have before your chicks get cold and die. Take one out of a lamp, if necessary.

John

 

[AATH]

Can anyone take my New Hampshire red roo. Not allowed to have them here. If you can trade a hen that would be awesome. If not no biggie. Pls pm me quick