Michigan

[Olive Hill]

I'll try to snap some pictures tomorrow...are you still wanting a Waffles? I have an adorable little buck who would love to come live with you....

Ummm, YES!!! But I have no where to keep the little buggar.

My daughter's house bunny refuses to die. Something about only being 3 years old...

 

[RIRJen]

I am not trying to get my hopes up, but I think a chick who was wounded today whilst hatching is going to make it. As LONG as infection doesn't set in. It is up and alert and very active.

The hen who was sitting on these eggs decided to move off the nest with the other chicks while this one was still in the process of hatching (a very late chick) I think another hen came along to eat the egg shell off the chick. And hurt the chick badly.



Yep, that is the chick's skull. I had two options: cull, or treat. For the moment, I chose treat. It was pretty dirty when I first found the chick, so I had to flush it out with saline. A thread and needle (sewing needle, as the needles in the suture kits I have are too large for such a tiny patient), time, and chlorhexidine later, and the chick looks less grisly. I had to muster all the hand steadiness I had, since the chick is so small, and the eye was very close to the edges of the wound. Time will tell if the chick's eye was damaged or not.




I was planning on setting eggs at the end of today in this, but for a day or two, the incubator is a ChICU (Chick Intensive Care Unit). The incubator is newly bleached, with a freshly washed dishcloth on the base. I also smeared some triple antibiotic ointment (non painkiller kind, since I know that is bad for chickens) on the chick's wound.

Resting after the ordeal in the Brinsea ChICU

very awesome job! We had a RIR chick once that got pecked at by some of the hens and they split the top of her head open...we named her Crane the Brain...after TMNT. A little neosporin and solitary confinement and she was great...but she was also older then newly hatched. Crossing my fingers it makes it!

 

[RIRJen]

Ummm, YES!!! But I have no where to keep the little buggar.

My daughter's house bunny refuses to die. Something about only being 3 years old...

It could have an unfortunate accident...need a bunny hitman?

 

[RBahmer]

I'll try to snap some pictures tomorrow...are you still wanting a Waffles? I have an adorable little buck who would love to come live with you....

I thought you said you were done incubating?

Welllllll, you can't believe everything you hear hahahaha. Both bators are just hnging around doing nothing lol.

 

[Olive Hill]

It could have an unfortunate accident...need a bunny hitman?

 

[RBahmer]

Is this the roo that throws Partridge Silkies? If so toss a couple of those in with my Barnies, would ya?

No, this is a blue rooster BUT.... thanks to Jen I have partridge ones so I can hook ya up next year with the barnies.

 

[Olive Hill]

Both bators are just hnging around doing nothing lol.

Those slackers!!!

 

[Olive Hill]

No, this is a blue rooster BUT.... thanks to Jen I have partridge ones so I can hook ya up next year with the barnies.

Sounds good. You'll probably have to remind me that I agreed to any of this.

 

[RIRJen]

Welllllll, you can't believe everything you hear hahahaha. Both bators are just hnging around doing nothing lol.

Hmmmmm....if you really want to do it I'm game! I just don't want perfectly good hatching eggs to go to waste. well, not really waste, I'll eat them lol. Why don't I collect tomorrows eggs and then we can meet up on Thursday (oh wait, is that the day you said you were busy?) and you can take them home to the bator! Then, once they hatch, we can sort through and divide the hatch up. You have to keep a showgirl though...it's the law.

 

[RBahmer]

Those slackers!!!

They are, aren't they ?