Hey guys we would like opinions on something from you all.
It is evident now that one of our 2.5 week old Millie Fleur bantam chicks has something wrong with it's feet/legs (call it Chick A). The other 2 hatch mates are bounding around of course quite content. In the same chick box are our other 2 MF (5 wks old). We thought at first that Chick A was just weaker and it just slept a lot. Now we see something is not quite right with it's feet; they sometimes stay curled up, and it splays it's legs when it tries to walk. It can barely stand and sort of does this slide push thing to move around the chick box. It is eating and drinking and trying to not get overrun by the other chicks in the box. It has fallen in the water dish a couple times and we have dried it and gotten it warmed up and put it back in the bin with some food right by it. We have thought about putting it in a seperate bin but it seems to like to be in with the others and yells a lot when we take it away from them. The last couple days, we have been holding it more and making sure it gets water without fear of falling in, and we know it eats a few bits of food.
These bantams are pretty much for pets although my oldest son plans on hopefully using one at fair this year for fit-n-show. We have had one person tell us to just get rid of Chick A, and one person tell us that if it stays alive that the it will be picked on more as they all get older. My boys want to help it.
Would you get rid of it or try to help it? If help it, any ideas how to help it?
Thanks