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[DBerryhill]

Has anyone ever had a chick hatch out blind? I have one that had severe balance issues after hatching. I found it on its back multiple times. It seemed to seek out the other chicks and lay with them. Today, I got home from work. It's eyes are cloudy...it rarely opens the right eye. No drainage. It does not move out from under the heat lamp. Doe not move when I reach in. Does not blink when I extend a finger to its eye. it s head keeps drifting to the right. I'm guessing that this is not going to improve and quality of life will not be good. Any input from anyone?

 

[Ksane]

Is this DOWNSIZING I hear? Hope everything is going good with you!!!

Can you believe it?? I even sold quite a few birds :-O It makes me sad, really depressing. But I just can't keep up anymore. I've got a bunch of rabbits here (placed some of them also) plus the dogs, the cats. If I could somehow manage to get down under 50 birds it would seem so so easy.

and one of the sweet hens gave me this this afternoon.... just melted my heart! the one on the left is a normal serama egg, and this tiny egg helen gave me

I think she likes you, Robin. She gave you the only thing she knew to give. Her tiny tiny egg She's probably hoping you'll trade it out for a couple she can hatch!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Has anyone ever had a chick hatch out blind? I have one that had severe balance issues after hatching. I found it on its back multiple times. It seemed to seek out the other chicks and lay with them. Today, I got home from work. It's eyes are cloudy...it rarely opens the right eye. No drainage. It does not move out from under the heat lamp. Doe not move when I reach in. Does not blink when I extend a finger to its eye.

it s head keeps drifting to the right. I'm guessing that this is not going to improve and quality of life will not be good. Any input from anyone?

I've hatched a chick with no eyes on two different occasions... I did not attempt to raise them, just culled them immediately. If you want to give it a chance it will need to be hand fed every hour until it can learn how to peck, and then feeder and waterer must always be kept in the same places. I did not have the time for that and rather than let them eventually starve to death did what I considered the most humane thing I could do.

I did have one chick that hatched with only one eye, I tried to give her a chance but she passed at about 4 days old.

Most likely when there are abnormalities like that, there are other things wrong you cannot see. If it can't get the hang of eating after a few days it may be kinder to put it down.

Good luck with your decision.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

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I think sunlight and fresh air kills the microbe that causes hatching shame, so one walk outside and it is gone. lol

Multiple exposures can lead to Hatch Shame Resistance,
Before you know it it won't even bother you anymore.
My incubator holds over 400 chicken eggs so it's likely I have Congential Hatch Shame Resistance ,
My folks had chickens too

Moving into town is most surely going the wrong direction but I'm way too young to draw SS so had to downsize to make ends meet, I am sure that one of these days I'll be looking for a place out of town and far away from zoning restrictions.

 

[ashtree]

Your camera takes awesome pictures! I'm so thankful they have somewhere to go where someone appreciates them. To all who know me-Channing is still with me, of course
Ashley, there's someone that wants the 2 Cochins I got from you. Would you rather have them back instead? You have 1st dibs.

Go ahead and rehome them with your friend. I love the girls but I've got a closed flock and just hate isolation and all that. Best of luck to you!

 

[greenbeetle]

Hello!
It has been a long time since I've been on the thread. School has been overwhelming but my birds are a good distraction.
Muesky and I went on a "Chickeny Goodness Tour" - Thursday we met in Maud for the auction. Rebecca got 2 nice geese there.
Friday we left Choctaw at about 1:00 for Coweta. That is 2 1/2 hours one way for us. The auction there was big with a lot of nice birds and prices were low. Rebecca got a really nice LF Splash Cochin pullet and I got 2 RIRs for a friend of my husband's and I got a Chocolate Orpington Cockerel, 2 Chocolate hens and a Chocolate pullet and a Dun pullet for a steal.
I got 3 young Orpington pullets at that auction last year on a whim to have in my layer flock. I love fluffy birds and those 3 girls really grew one me - full of friendly personality, beautiful and good layers. These Chocolates are from the same breeder and I couldn't resist - "Chocolate and Chickens" 2 of my weaknesses in one!
Rebecca and I were planning on including Newcastle in the Chickeny Goodness Tour but we left Coweta at 3:30 a.m., (the auction was still going strong!). We got to Choctaw at 6:30 a.m. and Rebecca had another 1/2 hr. to drive. We both were too tired to try to go to Newcastle - guess we missed another long auction.

Congratulations on the Chocolates, I was there and really wanted to the Chocolate Orps, but at 12:30 they where still selling chicks, didn't want to be there all night..lol. But again congratulations on your buy.

 

[NanaKat]

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I think sunlight and fresh air kills the microbe that causes hatching shame, so one walk outside and it is gone. lol

Multiple exposures can lead to Hatch Shame Resistance,
Before you know it it won't even bother you anymore.
My incubator holds over 400 chicken eggs so it's likely I have Congential Hatch Shame Resistance ,
My folks had chickens too

Moving into town is most surely going the wrong direction but I'm way too young to draw SS so had to downsize to make ends meet, I am sure that one of these days I'll be looking for a place out of town and far away from zoning restrictions.
Bill sounds like moving to town is an intervention! At least for the meantime...

 

[NanaKat]

Okay a few pictures...not chicken related

Our first White faced calf this season and calves playing King of the Mountain on a hill by the pond...closely supervised by their mothers of course. The winner was the only red calf we have. That is the house and barns in the background....


Little Joe is now in the back pasture with some calves his age. I take him his bottle bucket morning and evening. And there is a creep feeder behind him that all 16 calves visit frequently. We are hoping he gets the idea. He is now a little over 3 months of age and growing nicely.

 

[Kyzmette]

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I think we may be on to something here. Although instead of a microbe, I'm thinking maybe it's like that parasite that infects ants and turns them into zombies that live only for aiding in the reproduction of the parasite. OMG... WE HAVE THE CHICKENZOMBIEPOCALYPSE!!!!!!

 

[gigiok]

I was wondering if anyone knew where to get guinea chicks near Norman? I missed them when Atwoods had them but would really like to start a flock of around 6.