bearhire Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 one of my bantams has been sitting on eggs for a while, and today i could hear a cheaping from under her. it was a chick that couldnt break out of its shell properly i left them and went to work thinking it would find its way out but it was still struggling when i got home. i gave it a helping hand but the mother refused to look after it and kept kicking it out into the cold. its now in the house under the lamp so hopefully it will be ok. the hen is a first time mother so needs a bit of practice i think. nevermind one more hen for the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarlair Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Hope the little fella makes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 yer good luck with that could be the air sack wasn't big enough in the egg so he had less energy to break out but keep his lam on stuff and hopefully he'll pull thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Well did he make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearhire Posted May 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 he didnt make it im afraid. i was up most of the night keeping an eye him he dried out and fluffed up nicely but there was something wrong with his neck/spine he couldnt stand or hold his head up just kept curling up backwards and laying there heavy breathing, couldnt get him to eat or drink either. tried giving him a drop of water off my finger but he would kind of choke and bubbles would come out of his mouth so by this morning he was looking pretty weak. so i put him out of his misery this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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