MamaBearsFlock
Chirping
- Mar 18, 2015
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Hello Everyone!
New Flock Mama here, and I've never raised chickens or ducks before, but we just got 8 chicks and 1 Pekin duckling. I am not sure if this is "normal" duckling behavior, but she lays down MOST of the time, and when she does stand up she is VERY wobbly... like she cannot seem to keep her balance, so she will army crawl to another spot in the brooder. She is eating and drinking just fine, the chicks are not being mean to her, and I have checked her feet and legs for any abrasions... nothing to report. Am I over-worrying (something I tend to do with 6 kids, 3 dogs, 1 cat, and now 9 more babies) or does this sound like something is going on with her??? Also, this might be laughable as well, but her wings are itsy-bitsy-teeny-tiny. Like the size of one of those colorful pencil eraser caps... is that "normal" as well??
I have searched and searched for these "issues" online and nothing has come up, so maybe it is just normal, but I wanted to ask my new BYC Chicken Family just in case. I had 3 of my Barred Rocks staying in a makeshift chick-hospital (made from my husbands boot box, a heating pad, and a towel last night because they had some pasting (which I knew NOTHING about until I looked it up last night after seeing it on them since the morning), but after I took care of them and tried to put them back with the others.... there was a whole lot of "inappropriate pecking" going on, so I decided it was best for them to be separated until their little back sides weren't so raw. I am almost at information overload, but I am really enjoying them.
Thank You in advance!!!
Susan
New Flock Mama here, and I've never raised chickens or ducks before, but we just got 8 chicks and 1 Pekin duckling. I am not sure if this is "normal" duckling behavior, but she lays down MOST of the time, and when she does stand up she is VERY wobbly... like she cannot seem to keep her balance, so she will army crawl to another spot in the brooder. She is eating and drinking just fine, the chicks are not being mean to her, and I have checked her feet and legs for any abrasions... nothing to report. Am I over-worrying (something I tend to do with 6 kids, 3 dogs, 1 cat, and now 9 more babies) or does this sound like something is going on with her??? Also, this might be laughable as well, but her wings are itsy-bitsy-teeny-tiny. Like the size of one of those colorful pencil eraser caps... is that "normal" as well??
I have searched and searched for these "issues" online and nothing has come up, so maybe it is just normal, but I wanted to ask my new BYC Chicken Family just in case. I had 3 of my Barred Rocks staying in a makeshift chick-hospital (made from my husbands boot box, a heating pad, and a towel last night because they had some pasting (which I knew NOTHING about until I looked it up last night after seeing it on them since the morning), but after I took care of them and tried to put them back with the others.... there was a whole lot of "inappropriate pecking" going on, so I decided it was best for them to be separated until their little back sides weren't so raw. I am almost at information overload, but I am really enjoying them.
Thank You in advance!!!
Susan