weak legs

Hi everyone I've tried Googling this problem but it only comes up with how to treat splay leg. Basically one of my chicks- Peggy- nearly died twice as a chick, once from cold, and the other from cold hand shock i ended up giving her cpr and she came back round only a day old at that point...

Hi all, I could use some help with one of my Khaki ducklings. I have four ~5 weeks old, all of them are growing like weeds, eating, drinking, etc. But one has a mark on their neck (like a bald spot, or a possible trauma injury) and has some balance issues. Sometimes (like 1 day a week, 2-3...

My 11-12 week old Ameraucana hen is walking strange. It’s been going on for at least a couple of weeks since I noticed. She was the biggest chick I had ever seen when we got her and her flock mates from the Family Farm and Home on April 14th. She still had her egg tooth like the others in the...

Hey all. I have a turkey poult that hatched Saturday or Sunday. He occasionally gets stuck on his back and kicks the air and can't get up. I have them on medicated chick feed. He also doesn't walk as much as his sibling, but he still walks a lot. Is this something to worry about? Thanks! TCH

Hello all! I am an 18-year-old male and I currently am taking care of a chicken that we randomly found roaming our neighborhood. I check this site often and took some great tips from here! Thanks! My question, however, is that recently, the chicken that we found and took care of (as a pet)...

I'm hoping someone can help me with this. I began noticing three days ago that my 24 week old pullet, Nora, began exhibiting a limping/weakness in her legs. At first I thought it was just her right leg but today I noticed that it's occurring in both legs. She seems to be eating and drinking fine...

While he was running or eating,he sit down : please can anyone tell me what vitamin less in this case I think so vit d3 • I have some capsules which have 250 IU D3 in it Is that enough

I brought home 4 silkie chicks on Friday. Aside from the typical adjustment phase, all were active, eating, drinking, and thriving. This morning (Monday) I went to the brooder to see one of the chicks on its side. I assumed it had been knocked over or fell off the stuffed animal in the brooder...

Hello! I have a flock(?) of chicks that are 8 days old (hatched) and they’ve been in our brooder for 6 days. We have them on natural wood chips and shavings leftover from hauling firewood. The first day we laid paper towels overtop so they would learn where their food was. After one day we...

My rooster Iapetus was laying on the shelf under the perch this morning shaking like a leaf and unable to stand, he was on the opposite side of where he was sleeping last night. His symptoms: Full body shaking Weak legs he can't use them at all Louder breathing One eye has a little frothy foam...

she was perfectly alright. After travelling 5 hours to a warm climate area by road, I got her back to me and this is what happened to her. What should I do? I am very upset Kindly see the video, I’ve uploaded a short clip

Wanted to provide as much information as possible, so everything is listed below. Phone call with the vet suggested it’s Marek but I want to ask for your opinions and see if anyone had similar experiences. Thank you all very much! Not a good start to my chicken keeping... 1) What type of...

Hey all Sadly I have another sick duck. I fear this is something insidious that is going to slowly creep through my flock.... I have seen some dark dark dark greenish blackish poop here and there in my flock, and the occasional pea greenish tan, but nothing consistent. Everyone else is acting...

I have a young rooster, about 18 weeks old. He came from an unknown source at 5 weeks old, so I know nothing about breed or his history. (I was sold a hen that turned out to be a rooster!). I haven't kept a rooster before. He grew extremely quickly and is now HUGE and pretty heavy. The problem...

So my hen had 10 baby chicks last Friday, but one of them has, and Spraddle legs. I've been able to help it with adding vitamin E to its water and adding braces to its legs to correct its stance. But I've needed to force feed it the vitamins and food for the past 3 days, because now its legs...

10 month old Barred Rock pullet. Home hatched from an incubator, so no vaccines. Yesterday, I saw one of my birds kind of limping/having weakness on her left leg yesterday. She could walk fine and was drinking so I assumed that she might of fallen off the roost and sprained something. She's near...

I have a question for chicken experts. Just a few days ago I noticed one of my silkie hens whom is 5 months old started walking abnormally and was dragging one foot and today she can barely walk and is slipping and sliding both legs to the sides and it's so bad she even got one foot stuck twice...

Hi, my family are new chicken owners. We have 2 white Sussex hens. Recently we came back from holiday and found one of the hens incredibly ill. Whilst we were away we left her with relatives (I regret this greatly now!) And I think they told us that the hens coop would leak and get wet during...

I have a polish pullet whose legs seem to keep getting a little weaker. She walks funny and I've always attributed it to the fact that she can't see (and maybe that does have something to do with it), but she stumbles and falls a lot and has a hard time standing for long periods of time. She...