talkinboutchickens
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Hello!
This is the sequel to chick buried alive by aggressive hen, not opening one eye.
This chick's name is Frankie (I will call Frankie "he" throughout this thread but it's just easier than saying she/he every single time I mention him. I don't actually know his gender.) Frankie was hatched out by broody mom, Rose. Meanwhile there were 2 other broody moms, Phyllis and Dottie who were in the same coop. I didn't think anything bad was going to happen because Phyllis co-brooded with Rose last year. One day after lots of searching I found Frankie buried alive in the dirt (and I think Phyllis did it because she was going after Rose's chicks earlier that day.) It's head/neck were under the dirt which caused it to have lots of dirt in it's eyes.
One of Frankie's eyes were not opening. I thought it got a cut or something on it. But the next day it opened up perfectly fine on it's own.
Yesterday, more problems arose. One of Frankie's wings are drooping all the way to the ground, not like he is hot but like he is injured. Second of all, one of Frankie's hips is giant and he hobbles around everywhere (is it dislocated or inflamed or something else????)
The super weird thing is that Frankie is acting like absolutely nothing has happened. He is still acting like a baby chick full of energy. Frankie digs, eats, and drinks. Nothing is stopping him. I don't get how his injuries aren't effecting him in any way. How could his injuries not hurt???
My original plan was to auction him off along with his siblings but in my eyes that would be cruel because whoever would receive him would probably cull him, so I'm thinking I'm going to keep him since Frankie is disabled.
Is there anything I could do to help him have a better quality of life? Can I fix his wing and hip?
@Eggcessive can you help??
Thanks so much.
This is the sequel to chick buried alive by aggressive hen, not opening one eye.
This chick's name is Frankie (I will call Frankie "he" throughout this thread but it's just easier than saying she/he every single time I mention him. I don't actually know his gender.) Frankie was hatched out by broody mom, Rose. Meanwhile there were 2 other broody moms, Phyllis and Dottie who were in the same coop. I didn't think anything bad was going to happen because Phyllis co-brooded with Rose last year. One day after lots of searching I found Frankie buried alive in the dirt (and I think Phyllis did it because she was going after Rose's chicks earlier that day.) It's head/neck were under the dirt which caused it to have lots of dirt in it's eyes.
One of Frankie's eyes were not opening. I thought it got a cut or something on it. But the next day it opened up perfectly fine on it's own.
Yesterday, more problems arose. One of Frankie's wings are drooping all the way to the ground, not like he is hot but like he is injured. Second of all, one of Frankie's hips is giant and he hobbles around everywhere (is it dislocated or inflamed or something else????)
The super weird thing is that Frankie is acting like absolutely nothing has happened. He is still acting like a baby chick full of energy. Frankie digs, eats, and drinks. Nothing is stopping him. I don't get how his injuries aren't effecting him in any way. How could his injuries not hurt???
My original plan was to auction him off along with his siblings but in my eyes that would be cruel because whoever would receive him would probably cull him, so I'm thinking I'm going to keep him since Frankie is disabled.
Is there anything I could do to help him have a better quality of life? Can I fix his wing and hip?
@Eggcessive can you help??
Thanks so much.
