What do you guys think?

Chick is very skinny. He is about 17 days old, and I can still slip his ring on and off. One leg is bent under him badly, and he has no feeling. I tried putting him under a foster mum, because he is the youngest in the clutch, but she just attacked him. I have tried feeding him (parents are not, only once or twice a day) but he doesn't accept. He is to small to crop feed. (it won't fit down his throat). He has 4 older siblings, all very healthy.

 

I think he may die anyway, but it breaks my heart to see him squashed and dirty from older siblings pooping and trampling him.

 

His right leg is bent up at the join to his body

 

One toe on his rung leg is bent up and outwards.

Edited October 30, 201014 yr by KAZ

Yes.

okay, I thought this may be the case

Ah, I can't do it Is there any other way....?

Edited October 30, 201014 yr by KAZ

No. Breeding sometimes mean making the tough decisions

Gosh very tiny for a 17 day old isn't it? Poor thing. Yeah I agree, euthanasia is best for it.

 

Not a nice thing to do but will save possible future pain etc if it does manage to survive. I had a day old chick that wasn't being looked after by mum so I fed it overnight and gave it back to her the next day. Kept my eye on it and noticed it was never fed so I took over and started handraising it - after a week it had hardly grown any bigger than the egg so I euthanased it. Found it was easier than I thought to do (that sounds terrible I know but it was)

 

I think that's what would be best for this little guy