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    Chick With Dislocated Hip…

    Sorry…Can’t figure out how to attach the video of the set-up and the chick moving…
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    Chick With Dislocated Hip…

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    Chick With Dislocated Hip…

    So this little one is about five days old…The first few days I struggled with what to do…I tried hobbles and a separate brooder with better flooring for grip…Three days ago I built a harness, but the little bugger was able to jump out of it…Two days ago, I settled on this contraption…It’s deeper...
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    Leg Splayed Backward

    Right then…Time to euthanize…
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    Leg Splayed Backward

    Seriously…No help from all these experts???
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    Leg Splayed Backward

    Bump
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    Leg Splayed Backward

    Trying my best to save this little guy…The leg is splayed backward…No hobble is holding it forward enough to correct the problem, but the chick can stand and drink if I tuck the leg under it using the hobble, but it can’t walk…It just pushes itself around the brooder…It hasn’t eaten yet either...
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    What did you do for treatment???
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    Last night she didn't roost and her neck was twisted while she slept...This morning she was twisting her neck and it looked unvoluntary...I went to the house to get my camera and when I got back she was out in the yard eating scratch grains and acting normal...I don't get it!!! PS...She's had...
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    So...She was upright and walking around just now...Looking pretty normal...I REALLY have only noticed the neck thing and the roosting on the ground for the last three nights...Today was the first time I noticed it during the day and it seems to have improved...I'll check again tonight and start...
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    I'm going to give her some plain water now to make sure she stays hydrated...I have Vitamin E, but no B complex on hand...Should I give her the E anyway??? I heard they need Selenium to process vitamin E...
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    It's not likely she got into anything moldy, but I can't rule that out...I don't have a tag for the old feed, but I can probably find one on-line...No new birds... How would I go about hydrating her and getting these vitamins into her if she's not eating???
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    She's about three years old, so I'd be surprised if it were wry neck...She's a big girl and has always been very healthy and beautifully feathered...I changed their food a couple of months ago because the stuff I was buying from Southern States was too low in protein and the hens stopped laying...
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    Hen Looking Up Instead of Forward...

    Hi Y'all... I have a beautiful Lemon Orpington hen who has recently not been roosting at night...Instead, she sleeps on the floor and she sleeps with her head on the ground, her neck twisted so she is looking up (kinda like when they look at the sky to see a hawk)...Today, about three days in...
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    Down from 40 to 5 eggs a day...

    I'm in Western North Carolina...They only get one scoop of grains a day and that gets split between 24 hens and a rooster...They also free range every day and get BSF larva at least once a week...But I can definitely try a higher protein feed...Will that help to stimulate production again???
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