OMG--I've never seen that in the many hundreds of chicks I've incubated. This looks very serioud--I am so sorry but I don't believe the chick has a chance. I'm so sorry--poor lil thing.
Ok ladies, here is the picture, what do you think?? It looks like it wants to get up, but can't seem to, Don't know if that will improve over time if he survives. Are they intestines??
Yeah, that's what we thought as well. Poor thing, I'm just trying to keep it comfortable and warm, I don't have the heart to kill it. I just can't. We have two chicks, the mama was a bantam, and sat on the eggs from our other chickens. Tomorrow we're driving out to the city to buy feed, and buy a couple of ducklings for my daughter, we're considering buying a couple more chicks, hens, hopefully we'll be able to put them in with the mama and two other chicks, if not, we will keep them apart until it's time to introduce them to the flock. We need hens that get broody, we had no luck previously, until we got this one, I think the previous owner raises fighting cocks, but I have no proof. She's is the first broody hen we have had. So sad our little chick will not survive, my daughter was so hopeful. Our first chicks that were hatched at home, and this happened. Hope it's the last time, I hate losing our pets. We love all of our chickens. Thank you ladies, for all your help. Hugs to you both for trying.
Yes feathersnerd is correct that happen to us just in august and we gave it sugar water and it lived keep us updated
