Update on pet store rescue chicks

[buteo4]

Well, so far so good (for the most part) The 10 chicks with the severe foot problems are all still alive, eating drinking and peeping happily. I have been changing their bedding pine shavings) daily and continuing with the antibiotics in the water. I have noticed that on one or two the foot has fallen off completely leaving just a nub. I have noticed a nasty smell coming from some of the dead feet though. No povidone/iodine in the house so will get some tomorrow to apply to all the dead feet/legs. Thankfully they all only have one afflected leg! Now I am wanting to have another coop/run built for when these "special needs" chicks grow up!
I am wondering if I should be offering them probiotics now, or wait until they are no longer on the Duramycin. Any ideas?
If they continue to do well I may be looking for special homes for some of these babies when they are older...if anyone in WI/UP is interested!

Gina

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

This was obviously in reference to an earlier thread. Can you provide a link?

 

[slickchik]

Wait until they are done with the antibiotics before you provide the probiotics... otherwise you will just be wasting the probiotics. I would even go so far as to amputate the dead parts

We had a chicken with only one leg and she was fine.

 

[BloominOrchid]

Did you report the petstore?
Im glad they seem to be doing better, poor lil dears!
So whats the count? how many have 1 foot? Sounds like Gang to me too.
Hope they continue to recover!

 

[BloominOrchid]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=385618
is the back story