well they arrived...finally

[bagendhens]

48 hours after being sent out.

2 dont look so good.
one of the little partridge rocks was DEAD...no joke...no heart beat no nothing...
but something told me i couldnt give up on her so i readied an eye dropped or sugar water and poly-vi-sol and put her directly under the heat lamp...
after about 5 mins i saw her little head move, and she peeped i geve her another few mins and she did what she could to life her head a little so i picked her up and gave her the water...
i got a few drops into her, nothing major but she began turning her head away...
back into the brooder box under the light.

4 hours later shes still alive, and even better she was up on her own 2 feet for a little while! she was sleeping under the light when i decided to give my eyes a break. shes tiny even compared to the 2nd partridge rock...

the other one if the little buff brahma. in the box she was weak, and couldnt stand...
pick her up and she wasnt as far gone as the partridge but still...dipped her beak...nothing...so i put her under the ehat lamp and prepped more sugar water and poly-vi-sol..
a few drops and she seemed to perk up, not as lively as the rest of the bunch, but still holding her head up...
but i noticed her shuffling round the box...her feet arnt right...

one one foot it looks like 2 of the toes are squished together, on the other foot, the middle and outer toe are curved into a C, but not UNDER the foot...instead to the side.
she seems to be able to get around, but isnt walking, more hobbling on the backs of her legs...her crop also seems fuller than the others and kind of lopsided. in one aspect its like YAY full crop = eating...on the other, ive delt with crop impaction in parrots...and its no fun.

im not quite sure what to do for her...in comparison to the partridge she was in better shape, but 4 hours later the partridge seems much better compared to the buff brahma...

should i just continue to give her time...or should i try splinting her little toes to straighten them out...
ive seen the bandaid boot method for toes that are curled under...but has anyone ever delt with toes curled to the side...

i know theres nothign i can realy do for the crop other than keep an eye on it.
im probably goign to offer a dish of grit pretty soon for this batch as there in with the week olds...
(who strangly enough already seem like mother hens lol, they rounded the new babies under the lamp, and after getting up from going to sleep i found my week and a half barred rock chick (who may be a roo) sleeping soundly with a little baby chick under each wing. i didnt have my camera ready though

ill try and get new pics of everyone today...its amazing to see the differenc only a week makes.

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

UGH, I would call the place that you got them from and tell them everything that you have told us! I am sorry that you and the chicks are going through this, and since I am a newbie to raising them, I have no advice but I do offer

to you!

 

[SoJoChickens]

I think I would try splinting the brahma's toes. Better safe than sorry. Hopefully they will gain more strength now that they have water, food and heat.

 

[bagendhens]

well i lost the little partridge rock, i thought she was going to pull through, whent out for an apointment and when i came back she was gone.

the little buff brahma is still holding in there but i doubt shell be with us in the morning

my sisters in tears poor kid.

the little one wont eat or drink, ive forced liquids into her and shes under the ehat lamp, theres not much more i can do.
she doesnt seem to have any use of one leg the other she can move but cant put weight on it...
but shes got no energy, she stumbles about every so often, but all she wants to do is lay down with her head on the floor...

im not sure whats going through the other girls heads...the little ones dont seem to concerned, but the bigger ones are all huddled around her, little ethel the buff actually brought some food over, and ronny put his/her (juries still out) wing over the little ones back...everytiem little one falls backwards one of the older girls is there behind her seeming to help her up and little milly was actually lay behind her when i left them be, every time the little one almost fell backwards milly would shuffle over a bit and correct her.

poor mite.