Show me... your special needs chick/chicken

[angelmarie]

ok well i kinda have a special needs chicken his name is wednesday(thought he was a girl

) anyways he was attacked by one of our former dogs and ever since i nursed him back to health he hasn't been the same i think he has some kind of mental disorder i dunno but i'll post some pics once i get them

 

[NurseNettie]

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Bumbles seems to be doing fine. He's still in the brooder with the rest, and seems to scratch and peck his way around, and finds everything-- even the hanging feeder I've added to the rest. We'll watch and see how things go, and decide whether or not we'll need to keep him separate- but it'll just be based on how he's doing. If he doesn't get picked on and does well, he'll probably be kept with the rest, if not, we've got a fenced in spot to one side of our house and plenty of material to build his own coop for him.
Here he is today. He's a bit scraggly and dirty looking, but I think it's because he spends a lot of time sitting, so he's not bumping into so much!

 

[conny63malies]

Dumdum is now almost two month old and doing ok. she was being picked on and is darn near bald in some aeas as she has bad feather growth anyways. So i took her out the pen and paired her up as a big sis for a single day old polish that needed a friend. she is still unable to perch and prob.never will . sometimes she wobbles around the brooder, but she sure is a proud big sis, showing the little one whats food and not.

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Bumbles seems to be doing fine. He's still in the brooder with the rest, and seems to scratch and peck his way around, and finds everything-- even the hanging feeder I've added to the rest. We'll watch and see how things go, and decide whether or not we'll need to keep him separate- but it'll just be based on how he's doing. If he doesn't get picked on and does well, he'll probably be kept with the rest, if not, we've got a fenced in spot to one side of our house and plenty of material to build his own coop for him.
Here he is today. He's a bit scraggly and dirty looking, but I think it's because he spends a lot of time sitting, so he's not bumping into so much!
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm299/downeyfarm/Chickens/BumblesJune7.jpg

He's adorable. I'm so glad he's doing well and the other chicks accept him. Even one day old chicks pecked at Quincy!

My Quincy is scraggly too for a chick her age. The other 2 months old have nice, full feathers, hers are still coming in. I think she's always going to be a bit behind develop wise.

Thank you for sharing him

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Oh I'm so glad she is doing ok and has a friend! Quincy cannot roost either and I don't think she ever will. I'm kind of worried about her laying eggs too but I guess she'll figure it out like everything else!

I'm glad you started this post, thank you. It has been very enjoyable to read and see the chicks as well as how others are coping with their special needs chickens.

PS...I'm an Ohio girl too

I was born and raised in a small town near Fremont, Ohio. I sure do miss that state.

 

[Fowl-Language]

I already posted Montgomery Ward's picture in the rooster contest, but here he is again...the instigator of my adulthood chicken addiction. While browsing Craigslist I saw an ad requesting a new home for a special needs chick who was being picked by the rest of the flock. My heart broke and I had to have him (at least it was a chicken this time and not a husband). He's vain, noisy and cartoonish, but I love him all the same. He eats by sticking his whole face in the food, and even manages somehow to get a worm periodically when the gang is "helping" me in the garden.
PS to conny - I lived most of my childhood in Hubbard, OH.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

This is my girl "Tessie the Headless Chicken" She was a black sexie.

When I brought Tessie and her brooder-mates home they fell in love with the pine bedding and dusted and rolled and dusted some more to the point they nearly buried themselves. 3 of them got stepped on buy the others, only Tessie survived. Her neck was so badly twisted that she could only raise it as high as her shoulder and then at an angle. She walked better backwards than forwards and would run you over if you got in her way. She even learned to do a little hip hop hop fly thing and would big my husband a talking to if he didn't give her extra corn.

As you can see in this pic she doesn't think she is any different than any other chicken in the flock. They see her no differently either. Even with her disability she was #2 chicken. My big BroomHilda was her bud.

Unfortunately, last fall my neighbor who was going through somethings, decided he didn't have time to pay attention to his dogs and turned them loose. One evening before I was home from work, they killed Tessie, Red (RIR) and Floppy (BSL). All we found were feathers. Fortunately, animal control was in the area and saw the dogs running home with a chicken. My neighbor did the right thing and surrendered his dogs.

I still miss her very much. You only get one that touches your heart like that.

 

[conny63malies]

=ZooMummzyPS...I'm an Ohio girl too

I was born and raised in a small town near Fremont, Ohio. I sure do miss that state


we are not really fromOhio. My husbands work got us here. He is a Army Recruiter. he was born in Indiana, but raised in Florida. I am born and raised in germany. I think Hubbard isnt to far of, if i am right.
So far we have been in Schweinfurt/germany, Fort Knox Ky, Lake Wales Fl, Eustis Fl and now Youngstown .

 

[conny63malies]

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Oh I'm so glad she is doing ok and has a friend! Quincy cannot roost either and I don't think she ever will. I'm kind of worried about her laying eggs too but I guess she'll figure it out like everything else!

I'm glad you started this post, thank you. It has been very enjoyable to read and see the chicks as well as how others are coping with their special needs chickens.

PS...I'm an Ohio girl too

I was born and raised in a small town near Fremont, Ohio. I sure do miss that state.

I am really glad that she turned out to be a pullet, dont know what i would have done with a roo. Now i hope that her baby sibling is a pullet as well.
I dont think she will be ever big enough to free range or even go in a regular pen. So i might end up building a seperate little coop/tractor for them.

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Oh this is so sad....I'm very sorry