Silkie thread!

[EZFarms]

I got my chicks today. the rest are fine other then a small black silkie chick who has slight spraddle leg (only one leg) i have his legs braced but he may not live long i have been having to. hand feed him a mash of scrambled egg and chick starter

 

[Suzierd]

So sad...

one of the chicks died . Peeping alot then stopped today. Even worse it was a beautiful partridge . I doubt I'll get another partridge. The lady rarely gets them from hers

Peeping a lot usually means to cold.

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

It was in Bator. Only when I talk it would peep a lot. Its 100 in bator

 

[emvickrey]

Do you have a vet around that would see him?

Yes I do and he's going tomorrow. Well it's today now but he's going. I gave him a rubber mat to walk on and he is liking it. He don't have hardly as much trouble walking when he's on the mat. He has stayed on it for about 4 hours and he just now wandered off of it. He started sliding so he is making his way back to his mat. When he sits down to rest or sleep he sits on his fanny with his legs out in front of him. He's not hanging his wings anymore either. He even attempted to crow this morning so he must be feeling better. He still needs some kind of vitamin. I really feel it's a deficiancy of some vitamin and I don't have any. So hopefully the vet does. If not it's wally world I go to get some poly vi sol with out iron. He is still eating and drinking good and I still have him on antibiotics just in case. It's pretty much all I have. I do have some vita pro B and another one I can't think of the name of it is that I was giving an internal layer to keep her going as long as I could. I also have some human vitamin E gel tabs. I'll take it with me to show the vet and ask if it's ok to give to a roo.
Here he is sitting on his mat a few hours ago and him a couple days ago standing up


He sleeps in this position with his head laying down in front of him between his feet and when he's in his cage he lays his head on his food dish. He's pretty smart. When he was a few weeks old he stopped eating and I tube fed him for a month till he started eating on his own. He's been fine till this past week.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yes I do and he's going tomorrow. Well it's today now but he's going. I gave him a rubber mat to walk on and he is liking it. He don't have hardly as much trouble walking when he's on the mat. He has stayed on it for about 4 hours and he just now wandered off of it. He started sliding so he is making his way back to his mat. When he sits down to rest or sleep he sits on his fanny with his legs out in front of him. He's not hanging his wings anymore either. He even attempted to crow this morning so he must be feeling better. He still needs some kind of vitamin. I really feel it's a deficiancy of some vitamin and I don't have any. So hopefully the vet does. If not it's wally world I go to get some poly vi sol with out iron. He is still eating and drinking good and I still have him on antibiotics just in case. It's pretty much all I have. I do have some vita pro B and another one I can't think of the name of it is that I was giving an internal layer to keep her going as long as I could. I also have some human vitamin E gel tabs. I'll take it with me to show the vet and ask if it's ok to give to a roo. Here he is sitting on his mat a few hours ago and him a couple days ago standing up [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] He sleeps in this position with his head laying down in front of him between his feet and when he's in his cage he lays his head on his food dish. He's pretty smart. When he was a few weeks old he stopped eating and I tube fed him for a month till he started eating on his own. He's been fine till this past week.

Pedallite for infants is what you are after. Without iron.

 

[K Epp]

Pedallite for infants is what you are after. Without iron.

Polyvisol with out iron is vitamins. Pedallite is electrolytes here in US not the same thing.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Polyvisol with out iron is vitamins. Pedallite is electrolytes here in US not the same thing.

Thank you for clearing that up. In aus it's pentavite .

 

[K Epp]

Thank you for clearing that up. In aus it's pentavite .

I hope that didn't read as being rude. I keep both on hand for the birdies. Its also amazing at the effect a tiny drink of Mountain Dew a soda with high caffeine in it will do for a lethargic hatchling.

 

[calvin zylstra]

Wow those are awesome silkies. I have been looking for them for quite a while and was wondering where I could get them

 

[Fancychooklady]

I hope that didn't read as being rude. I keep both on hand for the birdies. Its also amazing at the effect a tiny drink of Mountain Dew a soda with high caffeine in it will do for a lethargic hatchling.

No not at all, pentavite , pedalite you can see how similar they are. Sometimes the translation across the pond is not so easy.