Chicken Waterer for Special Needs Chick - Manna Pro

I wanted to share my new chicken waterer for my Special Needs Bird.

As some of you know, he not only has a crossed beak, but is also 

missing one eye and blind or severely visually impaired in the other

which means he has a difficult time finding and drinking his water.

Every morning and evening I make sure he drinks from an eye dropper

after he has his meal.

This feeder/waterer is convertable.

Depending on which side of the base you use it can be used

to feed or water, plus it is large capacity rather than the

mason jar waterer we had been using for the chicks.

I placed a penny in the dish to give you an idea of how deep it is.

This is very important for my chick since he needs to dip and scoop

to be able to eat or drink.  

The flip side is the feeder.

Again you can see how much more shallow it is by the penny.

I would like to say I've been more successful, but I have not.

It has nothing to do with the product, when I assisted him

he was able to drink easily; however, being blind he does not

always "get it."  He also has a skull deformity which may be 

contributing to the problem. He has stopped his seizures but his one eye has changed, 

becoming bulbous and cloudy.

He is fed in a plastic tub which is deeply filled with food 

since he has to scoop it into his beak. 

He hasn't grown much, other than get fatter and

has enormous monster feet that get him in a world of trouble.

I have to get a new feeding tub because he now steps

out of it and walks all over the living room. 

Once he made it around the breakfast bar,

past the chairs that line it 

and into the kitchen to find me.

Here he came around the corner, 

strolling into the kitchen as if it were normal.

I just know he was saying

"Help me Mama, I fell out of my tubby!"

I suppose he is now a house chicken.

I guess I'll have to find out if anyone else has a house chick

or has my mom's worst fears come true,

I've become Elly May, as in Clampett.

The next thing you know I'll be installing a CEment pond out back.

I give him some rocks to perch on, which he loves, 

a little dish of food just in case and then his water. 

When we have our new hatchlings he will once again have company

and someone groom him and keep him warm and snuggly at night.