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My only real option is private breeder as I don't have any large hatcheries for quite some distance near me. The other plan was ex batts as I know they'll be vaccinated

No, never completely lame just withered away and fould dead in the coop overnight, pretty quickly from onset too. All older than 5 months: about 10m 14m and now this little honey. All different breeds, but all from the same breeder. The first one had diarrhoea but the other two have just had...

I know, and her tiny little cheep is so cute. No it doesn't seem like it, it seems both legs and not wings at all. Was just trying to find you a video of the first one but it's on my old (destroyed) phone unfortunately. Vet gave antibiotics and chicken paracetamol, I did the "feed egg...

The chickens in the past had the same symptoms, wobbly legs, but were really withdrawn, weak combs and didn't even try to move around with the flock.

She didn't loose much as she isn't a massive bird anyway, but she seemed absolutely fine through moult and weeks after. No, no smell of mould, and use straw, the expensive one branded for chickens specifically rather than the cheap horse advertised one (though I'm sure there's not much...

I did post a video, but it doesn't seem to have uploaded!

That makes sense, thanks for taking the time to explain. No, but we did have a very cold snap about 2 weeks ago, she was in moult about 6 weeks ago (all re feathered now). No mould, food is fresh every 3 days and they have really good ventilation in the coop. The last ones I lost were earlier...

I'm in the UK - Cumbria. Why?

Frizzle hen, 18 months old. Only one in flock that has been ill recently but third to have the same thing... She's uncoordinated, not "ill" from it, still eating and drinking fine, just can't get up her bars anymore. Wobbliness only started 3-4 days ago, every day I let them out I think I'll...