Blue chicks from our Splash Roo and black hens, buff chicks are Mr Roo and his girls little delights
We had three chicks display major symptoms of the vitamin deficiency happily two have survived and you can't even tell them apart from the rest. They have been banded so we can tell if necessary. We separated them from the rest, two or so weeks of twice daily medicating with poly vi sol and vitamin E and three times a day feeding of egg yolk, moistened chick starter and chopped meal worms. Holy cow I just realized how much effort we put into them no wonder I don't have a life.
Today I noticed one of the hens was seeming a little sad and this is what I found. The roosters spur had gotten chipped some how and he tore her side up. I took her to the vet to be put down and our amazing vet's locum decided to see if they could fix her.
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