One of the chicks I got at POOPS isn't doing to well tonight. It acts like it can't really control its legs well enough to walk properly. It is alert and can move around to the food and water, but it can't seem to get its feet under it. I would think that it would be too old for splay leg, but it kind of looks like that. I'm going to grab the other brooder and separate it with a friend. Anyone have any ideas what it could be? All the other chicks are totally normal so far.
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Check the crop of the chick, has it been eating? Also how does it's droppings look?
If it is still eating here is a booster recipe that you can give it.
To help a bird recover from illness, they need extra protein.. this formula really helps them with thier recovery
My Treatment is this
This amount feeds one bird
Feed the birds three times a day for three days a mixture of
This mixture is what you will need for the entire three feeds . It is not 3 egg yolks and 3 teaspoons of honey etc . divide the contents into three
½ to 1 x egg yolk .. give the whites to the other hens mixed into their seed or pellets (depends a lot on the size of the egg yolk)
1 teaspoon honey . .given for energy
2 x tablespoons yoghurt . Given for calcium and also to make the bowel go back into normal production after this upset
Only use the plain yoghurt never the one with fruit or extra sugar in it, not good for the bird
¼ teaspoon calcium powder (if you cant get the yoghurt)
3 to 4 tablespoons rolled oats . To give substance to the feed, or use chicken crumbles or layer pellets but soften them with some boiling water first
Sprinkle of multi vitamin powder (only if you are not already giving it to them in their drinking water, dont overdose) just a few grains will usually be enough for this size mixture
2 to 4 table spoons of apple sauce or grated apple, it must be grated not chopped up for ease of digestion
Mix to make a crumble mixture not runny
If the bird is not eating you will have to force feed... roll into small pellets the same size as a layer pellet.... and force feed, and then massage the neck in a downward motion to get it down into the bired crop, make sure your keep the neck straight, its really hard getting someting down a neck that is bent or curved, the bird may be too weak to eat or have lost the desire to eat . Dont hold back . The longer it goes without this the worse it will get
If you must give it something to drink only give drops onto the beak or use the crop tube to get fluids down the throat, dont try and pour any fluid down a chickens throat, it will more than likely go into the air passage and into the lungs and end up drowning the bird
This will give the bird a large dose of Vitamin D, C and A
After 3 days cut back to once a day for 2 weeks, you should notice the difference in 3 or 4 days
Give other food also, chick crumbles, grower crumbles or layer pellets depending on the age of the bird etc
Also have fresh water at all times for the birds to drink in easy reach, remember it is not well so it may not go looking for the food and water, so put it just about under its nose so it cant miss it
This is courtesy of my friend Sandy.
If it is still eating here is a booster recipe that you can give it.
To help a bird recover from illness, they need extra protein.. this formula really helps them with thier recovery
My Treatment is this
This amount feeds one bird
Feed the birds three times a day for three days a mixture of
This mixture is what you will need for the entire three feeds . It is not 3 egg yolks and 3 teaspoons of honey etc . divide the contents into three
½ to 1 x egg yolk .. give the whites to the other hens mixed into their seed or pellets (depends a lot on the size of the egg yolk)
1 teaspoon honey . .given for energy
2 x tablespoons yoghurt . Given for calcium and also to make the bowel go back into normal production after this upset
Only use the plain yoghurt never the one with fruit or extra sugar in it, not good for the bird
¼ teaspoon calcium powder (if you cant get the yoghurt)
3 to 4 tablespoons rolled oats . To give substance to the feed, or use chicken crumbles or layer pellets but soften them with some boiling water first
Sprinkle of multi vitamin powder (only if you are not already giving it to them in their drinking water, dont overdose) just a few grains will usually be enough for this size mixture
2 to 4 table spoons of apple sauce or grated apple, it must be grated not chopped up for ease of digestion
Mix to make a crumble mixture not runny
If the bird is not eating you will have to force feed... roll into small pellets the same size as a layer pellet.... and force feed, and then massage the neck in a downward motion to get it down into the bired crop, make sure your keep the neck straight, its really hard getting someting down a neck that is bent or curved, the bird may be too weak to eat or have lost the desire to eat . Dont hold back . The longer it goes without this the worse it will get
If you must give it something to drink only give drops onto the beak or use the crop tube to get fluids down the throat, dont try and pour any fluid down a chickens throat, it will more than likely go into the air passage and into the lungs and end up drowning the bird
This will give the bird a large dose of Vitamin D, C and A
After 3 days cut back to once a day for 2 weeks, you should notice the difference in 3 or 4 days
Give other food also, chick crumbles, grower crumbles or layer pellets depending on the age of the bird etc
Also have fresh water at all times for the birds to drink in easy reach, remember it is not well so it may not go looking for the food and water, so put it just about under its nose so it cant miss it
This is courtesy of my friend Sandy.
Hey NN, Another thing I heard is that you can't give the layer pellets to chicks, that it will kill them. What do you know about that? Heard it on a BYC page.
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Hoping someone answers you because I have the same problem if I decide to let this girl stay broody. It is probably a 3 - 4 foot drop from there to the ground. But worried about moving before or after chicks hatch. You know it seems like it takes a good 24 hours for them to hatch, I would think that one could drop off in that time period but what do I know?
Im a newbie
I have had chicks fall from the hay loft (12 feet) and not get hurt. Of course it depends on what they land on.
I think the biggest threat to them would be the other adult chickens. They sometimes will kill the chicks when they get out of a nest and are not being protected by the mom.
Hoping someone answers you because I have the same problem if I decide to let this girl stay broody. It is probably a 3 - 4 foot drop from there to the ground. But worried about moving before or after chicks hatch. You know it seems like it takes a good 24 hours for them to hatch, I would think that one could drop off in that time period but what do I know?
I have had chicks fall from the hay loft (12 feet) and not get hurt. Of course it depends on what they land on.
I think the biggest threat to them would be the other adult chickens. They sometimes will kill the chicks when they get out of a nest and are not being protected by the mom.
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I just leave the broody where she is, since the chicks generally stay beneath her for at least 24 hours after they hatch. I then move the hen and her chicks after dark, to the location where I am segregating them from the rest of the flock, so I can be sure the chicks don't drown in "big kid" water bowls and that they get chick feed instead of layer pellets.
Amy - I don't think that eating layer pellets will kill baby chicks, but they have more calcium than the chicks need so I think the pellets can cause problems for them later on in life. If my recollection is correct, too much calcium can cause stones in roosters and negatively affect the ability of a hen to lay eggs. That said, I do sometimes feed the chicks layer crumbles for a few days if I run out of chick starter.
I just leave the broody where she is, since the chicks generally stay beneath her for at least 24 hours after they hatch. I then move the hen and her chicks after dark, to the location where I am segregating them from the rest of the flock, so I can be sure the chicks don't drown in "big kid" water bowls and that they get chick feed instead of layer pellets.
Amy - I don't think that eating layer pellets will kill baby chicks, but they have more calcium than the chicks need so I think the pellets can cause problems for them later on in life. If my recollection is correct, too much calcium can cause stones in roosters and negatively affect the ability of a hen to lay eggs. That said, I do sometimes feed the chicks layer crumbles for a few days if I run out of chick starter.
Hello all. Have been lurking for a couple of days. So glad everyone fared the storms mostly intact. It's so sad about the family in the Piedmont area who lost one child, one & the mom in the hospital with the third child missing. My heart goes out to them and the missing child. That is such a scary and sad situation.
Seems like today was slow on posts. Only had a few pages to sift through. Whew!
P&B - I'm thinking about going to the auction Saturday. Are you looking for something in particular? I know of a really cool chandelier that was at a recent auction. Maybe there will be another like it.
Seems like today was slow on posts. Only had a few pages to sift through. Whew!
P&B - I'm thinking about going to the auction Saturday. Are you looking for something in particular? I know of a really cool chandelier that was at a recent auction. Maybe there will be another like it.
Morning all, took a while to catch up on post so now I gotta go to work, will post about kitten later, thanks,Lynn
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Hoping someone answers you because I have the same problem if I decide to let this girl stay broody. It is probably a 3 - 4 foot drop from there to the ground. But worried about moving before or after chicks hatch. You know it seems like it takes a good 24 hours for them to hatch, I would think that one could drop off in that time period but what do I know?
Im a newbie
I'm certainly not the expert so someone might have better info but, In my main pen I have one row of nest boxes that are almost 5 feet off the ground I have had 3 broody hens hatch in them and I only once had to take the hen out and put a few chicks on the ground so far none have been hurt or lost when they made the jump.
Hoping someone answers you because I have the same problem if I decide to let this girl stay broody. It is probably a 3 - 4 foot drop from there to the ground. But worried about moving before or after chicks hatch. You know it seems like it takes a good 24 hours for them to hatch, I would think that one could drop off in that time period but what do I know?
I'm certainly not the expert so someone might have better info but, In my main pen I have one row of nest boxes that are almost 5 feet off the ground I have had 3 broody hens hatch in them and I only once had to take the hen out and put a few chicks on the ground so far none have been hurt or lost when they made the jump.
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