Curled toes splint fabrication for a baby chick
One of our Light
Sussex chicks took a little longer fighting his way out of the egg
and somehow didn't get to extend his toes on his right foot.
We had some good luck
fabricating a splint with a small piece of 3M Transpore tape.
I think it's going to work.
He pecked at it for a few minutes, and then the other chicks pecked at
it for a while and then stopped.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Gestalt of the hatch
I guess that drops my grade on the gestalt of the hatch to a B-. I had a feeling I should be helping that guy, but I had just helped a chick in a similar predicament too soon and didn't want to repeat my mistake....
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anna
— Mon Aug 22 17:21:17 2011
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Our last chick had to be helped out of its shell having tried to hatch for 25 hours. Well and truly stuck and has curled toes. Put the micropore tape on this morning and hoping for the best, but Im sure he looks more upright already !!
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Anonymous
— Mon Feb 6 05:35:21 2012
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Treating a chick with curled toes
Anonymous --- I'm so glad we could help! You can read more about our curled toe chick treatment here. I wish we'd treated it the first day of its life, though, because the foot did stunt the chick.
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anna
— Mon Feb 6 17:00:08 2012
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