Check out the leg... the foot is only hanging on by a bit of skin.
Poor wee chick, not looking good here.
One very dehydrated chick, in critical condition.
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This is an ongoing sagga relating to the "make over" I am doing on my very overgrown yard. I plan to change it from an ugly, useless midden to a beautiful, tranquil space that supplies me with fresh organic fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers.
About Me
- Alice (in BC Canada)
- I am 'critter crazy' and currently share my home with 1 cat, 1 rabbit, 4 chinchillas, 1 Indian Ringneck Parrot, 2 Pacific Parrotlets, 5 Cockatiels. (No, sorry, no partridge and no pear tree).
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- Check out the leg... the foot is only hanging on b...
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1 comment:
I had some problems uploading my pictures, so am doing it a different way now. I have had to republish many things to get them all back in order and properly uploaded, and some of what had to be deleted already had comments. I am doing a "cut and paste" so as not to loose them.
kiwi said...
Alice, we had a chick born with a toe hanging and discoloured, like that foot. It is most likely that the foot became compressed against the shell and the blood supply cut off. The mother hen turns the eggs daily to give the developing chick maximum room and to enable it to develop correctly. Sometimes this doesn't happen...
10:34 PM
Alice said...
Actually, this chick was fine to start, walking in the nestbox and climbing on it's mom. I think I know what happened. I'm very tired tonight (short night, long day) but will soon post about this.
11:43 PM
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