- May 9, 2011
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Not quite a week, five days old.
I have bandaid braces to help her splay legs (couldn't find small enough rubber band unfortunately), little cardboard shoes to help her toes straighten out, and she still doesn't want to stand. She just sits back on her hocks. It seems like she is getting worse rather than better.
I have her on vitamins now--how long till I should see improvement if that is the problem?
She is so sweet and has been so determined, but she is just laying around more and more, not trying as much. Makes me sad.
I have her in a see-through container in the brooder so she can see her brothers and sisters without being run over by them (sometimes I have her in with them if I am going to be nearby to protect her--she snuggles in with them during naptime and they don't intentionally pick on her, she just cant move around so gets plowed over).
Any advice or encouragement is welcome. I have lost adult chickens before, but never a chick. And I have never had to cull--and I am worried that is what is going to happen.
I have bandaid braces to help her splay legs (couldn't find small enough rubber band unfortunately), little cardboard shoes to help her toes straighten out, and she still doesn't want to stand. She just sits back on her hocks. It seems like she is getting worse rather than better.
I have her on vitamins now--how long till I should see improvement if that is the problem?
She is so sweet and has been so determined, but she is just laying around more and more, not trying as much. Makes me sad.
I have her in a see-through container in the brooder so she can see her brothers and sisters without being run over by them (sometimes I have her in with them if I am going to be nearby to protect her--she snuggles in with them during naptime and they don't intentionally pick on her, she just cant move around so gets plowed over).
Any advice or encouragement is welcome. I have lost adult chickens before, but never a chick. And I have never had to cull--and I am worried that is what is going to happen.
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