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Date Posted: 22:58:24 05/16/12 Wed
Author: D C T friendly poultry orthopedist
Subject: Re: baby chick cant walk, just flops around
In reply to: donna crawford 's message, "Re: baby chick cant walk, just flops around" on 15:04:07 05/16/12 Wed

Chick shoe is not useful at this point.
If a hen kills her chicks it is due to "failed bonding".
When any bird hatches, dries its chick fuzz and becomes
able to walk....it looks its mother in the eyes and
"bonding" happens. If not, murder can follow. Some hens
bond better than others. Years ago I had a hen that would
hatch and bond with any kind of poultry...and I wish that
she could have lived forever.
My method of removing eggs just before they hatch to put
into cheap Hova-Bator to hatch and then move to brooder
will avoid this problem.
-----There is NO egg eating problem in my chicken coop--
because I give them eggs, shell and all tossed at the wall.
This works far better than trying to keep them from
finding out how to eat eggs

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