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There was an article about wrapping the chicken in a towel soaked in ether and putting in a sealed box. Sounds really peaceful. I wish I could find it.Yes.. we noticed her head seems to be misshapen as well. Found an article written by a Vet that says this can happen when the incubator was too hot. This makes sense. I have now sent 3 emails to Murray McMurray asking them for guidance. No reply other than acknowledging receipt of the mssgs. I sent them photos as well. No reply. I'm very upset by this as they messed up our order last year and sent 4 cockrels we did not order. We paid for sexing and only intended for one cockrel. Now we are still dealing with trying to rehome them. I specifically asked them to please take some extra care in filling this order as I'm trying to correct the ratios and cannot have another rooster. I can't imagine how this could have happened. She was so obviously malformed. We saw it the instant we opened the box. How did their handlers not see it? She was sexed, vaccinated and boxed so assuming 3 different people failed to see this blatantly obvious and sad deformation. We would happily raise her and care for her if she was just blind, but she still cannot eat or drink and she chirps relentlessly. I can only imagine the poor thing is in pain but wanted to give her a fighting chance.. We needed guidance from the hatchery if this is a known problem and if there's anything we can do for her. I have to say, the thought of having to put this poor soul down upsets me beyond words. We love animals and could not intentionally harm them. It appears I'm going to have to.