Limping Chick

[karenej]

I have a 5 week old Olive Egger chick that has started limping and laying down a lot. My 3 year old son says he stepped on it but I'm not sure if that's really what happened. He tends to say "Yes" to any question you ask him. I moved the limb and nothing appears to be broken, although I'm not a great anatomist. Both legs looked the same to me. Any ideas?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you have a video?
What does her poop look like?

It's so hard to know the cause of limping/leg ailments.

Is the chick still in a brooder or is she in a coop/run? Try limiting her activity for a few day - keeping her with the flock is best - a wire barrier in the brooder or kennel in the coop/run works well.

Provide her with some poultry vitamins containing vitamin B2(Riboflavin) or you can crush a human B-Complex vitamin and add it to her chick starter.

Keep us posted.