Stuck in the car with a coke and a duckling

[Everose]

@Everose @TOR I am so sorry for your losses. I am praying for peace and comfort. I also just lost a chicken today, a RIR named Ponyo. We tried treating her for over a week, even including tube feeding. We miss her so much, it was hard to watch her die. She all of a sudden did jerky, sudden movements, like a seizure. Anyway, hoping for peace.

Oops meant to love it not laugh at it

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

I'm definitely not going to do that to the poor duckling (mostly because it just died in my hands)

So sorry it did not make it. At least it lived a good short life and got to taste coke.

 

[Everose]

So sorry it did not make it. At least it lived a good short life and got to taste coke.

Life without coke would be...sad

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

sorry to hear you lose your duckling
I had a silkie with splayed legs i have been taking care of nurturing it and it died today.

I had a silky with splayed legs too it also passed away not much you can do for bantams with splayed legs.

 

[Everose]

Ooh we have a whole brooder full of silkies. Do they develope splayed legs sooner rather than later?

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

Ooh we have a whole brooder full of silkies. Do they develope splayed legs sooner rather than later?

Mine had it when it first hatched. There not the most hardy birds when there are young.

 

[TOR]

Ooh we have a whole brooder full of silkies. Do they develope splayed legs sooner rather than later?

mine were hatched with the problem.. as far as i know it is when they hatch. Temp problem or vitamin deficiency.
My problem I think is the I am incubating large and small eggs. I am getting good hatch rates with large eggs but having poor results with the bantam eggs.
Last hatch had 2 with splayed legs and 1 with wry neck and splayed legs.
1 nurtured and the legs are pretty good now and is back into general population. 1 died today, but was looking pretty good.
The last getting better. but getting doubts.

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

mine were hatched with the problem.. as far as i know it is when they hatch. Temp problem or vitamin deficiency.
My problem I think is the I am incubating large and small eggs. I am getting good hatch rates with large eggs but having poor results with the bantam eggs.
Last hatch had 2 with splayed legs and 1 with wry neck and splayed legs.
1 nurtured and the legs are pretty good now and is back into general population. 1 died today, but was looking pretty good.
The last getting better. but getting doubts.

I haven't had much luck with bantams either. I hatched 25 silkies 1 died of splayed legs. Shortly after I put 6 keets in there being the same size what could go wrong. The next morning I wake up and see 21 dead chicks with 3 surviors.

 

[Everose]

Wow! Well we bought the silkies so that they would incubate hopefully they don't have these issues.

I raise rabbits and unfortunately I have never been able to keep castaway babies alive (bottle feeding just doesn't work) it's been my experience that mothers know best, so I really want the silkies to do their thing

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

Wow! Well we bought the silkies so that they would incubate hopefully they don't have these issues.

I raise rabbits and unfortunately I have never been able to keep castaway babies alive (bottle feeding just doesn't work) it's been my experience that mothers know best, so I really want the silkies to do their thing

Currently I have a Blue Copper Maran with curled toes and a slipped tendon his name is Sock so far hes doing well.