Wobbly chick

[Bfischer515]

I got this girl last Thursday. Monday I noticed her not standing or balancing normal. By Wednesday it had gotten pretty bad to where she wasn’t standing much. She’s had vitamins, electrolyte water and been braced with a hairtie and straw(splay leg assumption) since then. I don’t see any improvement. She is still eating and drinking. She can walk a little sometime but uses her wing to help. When she lays down she sometimes kind of rolls onto her side. I’m at a loss and don’t know what else to try.

 

[CloneFly]

@azygous @Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

Are you giving her a vitamin with riboflavin (B2?) Human B complex 1/4 tablet crushed given orally with some food or a little water, Poultry Cell, and some chick vitamins may have it. CN you try putting her into a smallish wine glass or padded cup so that she can build up her leg muscles and balance. At her age now, she really needs to be fed and watered. A chicken sling chair might be good for periods to get her well nourished. Here are some examples:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

 

[Bfischer515]

Are you giving her a vitamin with riboflavin (B2?) Human B complex 1/4 tablet crushed given orally with some food or a little water, Poultry Cell, and some chick vitamins may have it. CN you try putting her into a smallish wine glass or padded cup so that she can build up her leg muscles and balance. At her age now, she really needs to be fed and watered. A chicken sling chair might be good for periods to get her well nourished.

She has been getting poultry cell

I’ve tried to glass but it hasn’t worked so well so far. She works her way out.

 

[Eggcessive]

I posted a thread about chicken slings above.

 

[Bfischer515]

She has been getting poultry cell

I’ve tried to glass but it hasn’t worked so well so far. She works her way out.

I put her in a sock and in a mason jar so she could just kind of hang out without the pressure.
She seems to be ok other than this issue

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know how she is getting along later.

 

[Bfischer515]

I posted a thread about chicken slings above.

Thank you. I’ll see if I can try something different tomorrow. It hard to figure out a sling and keep her warm under the brooder

 

[Bfischer515]

Let us know how she is getting along later.

It’s been 2 days with no leg improvement. But hopefully something will work this weekend