- May 20, 2011
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Folks -
I've looked through the messages here, and realize that to many the question is absurd. But, I'm a first-time chicken owner who got some chicks to raise (for eggs) with my daughter and we ended up with a cornish x. Being new to chickens, we just thought that this one was growing faster than the others. Only today, when I posted a question on the illness section of BYC about this chicken having trouble walking, did I figure out what was going on, that it was a cornish-x meat type bird.
So, I've read a number of the threads here where folks describe limiting intake, getting the birds to exercise more, and so forth in order to keep them healthy and extend their lives. Unfortunately, at this point I've got a huge bird that is having trouble getting to her feet and moving more than a couple of steps. I don't know how old she was when we got her (from TSC) but we've had her about 8 weeks. Any thoughts on what, if anything, I could do to get her healthy again? If I could get her the sort of longevity others have mentioned I'd like to. My daughter will be pretty upset if Sunshine has to go away (she named all the chickens).
Thanks for all ideas. BTW, I do not have any problem with eating chicken, I'd just rather not eat this particular one.
Ken
I've looked through the messages here, and realize that to many the question is absurd. But, I'm a first-time chicken owner who got some chicks to raise (for eggs) with my daughter and we ended up with a cornish x. Being new to chickens, we just thought that this one was growing faster than the others. Only today, when I posted a question on the illness section of BYC about this chicken having trouble walking, did I figure out what was going on, that it was a cornish-x meat type bird.
So, I've read a number of the threads here where folks describe limiting intake, getting the birds to exercise more, and so forth in order to keep them healthy and extend their lives. Unfortunately, at this point I've got a huge bird that is having trouble getting to her feet and moving more than a couple of steps. I don't know how old she was when we got her (from TSC) but we've had her about 8 weeks. Any thoughts on what, if anything, I could do to get her healthy again? If I could get her the sort of longevity others have mentioned I'd like to. My daughter will be pretty upset if Sunshine has to go away (she named all the chickens).
Thanks for all ideas. BTW, I do not have any problem with eating chicken, I'd just rather not eat this particular one.
Ken