Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 5, 2014 8:41:02 GMT
It was a usual late afternoon checking of birds when this little fellow was found, who must have hatched anytime since dawn.
(This hen resisted wood shavings or cleaning until all eggs hatched)
The chick was checked to see if everything was fine. And the parents were provided with extra soft-food options to choose from.
The chick was checked again at night to see if it was being fed and the crop was full.
When the nest box was opened the next dawn, this was the scene.
The cock had attacked the hen and she was bleeding and had lost a lot of blood. She was alive but couldn’t move much. Both chick and hen were brought in and attended to. The chick was cold, so it was provided with heat immediately, without cleaning or feeding.
Some food and supplements were administered to the hen in any way possible.
She was placed in hospital cage under constant observation.
But she died in the afternoon.
The blood spots from the chick’s body were cleaned and the chick was fed.
The chick’s new home is a makeshift brooder, with a hot-water bottle base, a heating lamp from top, temperature and humidity gauges and a wet sponge to keep the humidity level up as required. The sponge is sprayed with disinfectant every hour, so the evaporation can help in keeping the brooder environment clean.
The chick is fed every hour, around the clock. Because such young chicks have no immune system, feeding utensils are disinfected.
(Don’t use Kaytee exact hand-feeding formula, unless you are unable to find anything else in your area. It has a poor nutrition composition and unpleasant smell and taste. Also one can see in the feeding video that the formula is splitting in the dropper and making it hard to feed.).
The bedding is changed every hour, with every feed.
And the chick is given a clean place for the next hour.
The chick is weighed to insure growth and health.
The chick is fine, and sleeps around the clock in funny positions.
This is not one of those mutations where one can tell the gender on birth, so it’s a guess work until chick is a few days old. But from all the moaning, nagging and whining, it appears that it’s a feisty and touchy hen. The continuous querulous tone at the end of the feeding video is a message that; “I am full. Put me back to sleep”. This happens with every feed.
She is named Dilly.
(This hen resisted wood shavings or cleaning until all eggs hatched)
The chick was checked to see if everything was fine. And the parents were provided with extra soft-food options to choose from.
The chick was checked again at night to see if it was being fed and the crop was full.
When the nest box was opened the next dawn, this was the scene.
The cock had attacked the hen and she was bleeding and had lost a lot of blood. She was alive but couldn’t move much. Both chick and hen were brought in and attended to. The chick was cold, so it was provided with heat immediately, without cleaning or feeding.
Some food and supplements were administered to the hen in any way possible.
She was placed in hospital cage under constant observation.
But she died in the afternoon.
The blood spots from the chick’s body were cleaned and the chick was fed.
The chick’s new home is a makeshift brooder, with a hot-water bottle base, a heating lamp from top, temperature and humidity gauges and a wet sponge to keep the humidity level up as required. The sponge is sprayed with disinfectant every hour, so the evaporation can help in keeping the brooder environment clean.
The chick is fed every hour, around the clock. Because such young chicks have no immune system, feeding utensils are disinfected.
(Don’t use Kaytee exact hand-feeding formula, unless you are unable to find anything else in your area. It has a poor nutrition composition and unpleasant smell and taste. Also one can see in the feeding video that the formula is splitting in the dropper and making it hard to feed.).
The bedding is changed every hour, with every feed.
And the chick is given a clean place for the next hour.
The chick is weighed to insure growth and health.
The chick is fine, and sleeps around the clock in funny positions.
This is not one of those mutations where one can tell the gender on birth, so it’s a guess work until chick is a few days old. But from all the moaning, nagging and whining, it appears that it’s a feisty and touchy hen. The continuous querulous tone at the end of the feeding video is a message that; “I am full. Put me back to sleep”. This happens with every feed.
She is named Dilly.
