posted 5 years ago
So, this chick didn't make it. Later in the evening on the same day I took that picture, I went to check on her and something was terribly wrong and she couldn't walk or really even stand. She was trying, and kept flapping her little wings and falling over, and it looked like she was unable to extend/use her right leg and something was wrong with the left too. With the lack of growth, lack of feathering, and losing her ability to be mobile it was clear to me this chick was heading downhill rapidly, and it was clear to my wife and I the best thing to do was to dispatch this poor bird, which I promptly did. Little chicken had a good spirit and a lousy body and her spirit can come back and try again.
"Study books and observe nature; if they do not agree, throw away the books." ~ William A. Albrecht