Recent content by Chirrup Charlie

If she started acting at all miserable that would be a much easier decision! She was just trilling around asking for a chin scratch after devouring some eggs so I’m trying to make sure I’ve exhausted my options before seriously considering that. It seems odd that she was able to use at least one...

It could be, but odd that it acquired the condition on the second leg after she hopped around on it normally for quite some time. I don’t mind taking time and putting effort in it, but just trying to figure out a starting point. Thanks for your responses!

Hi Crew- Long story short, I picked up a chick they were giving away at the feed store that had one leg that bent backwards at the hock joint-she kept the leg stuck out front. (I worked on it with splint etc) One night at about 1.5 weeks she started getting tremors in her head and wry neck...

Thanks-I’ll start a new thread. I’m more concerned about her onset of extreme shaking and head tremors at this point.

I would love to but can’t afford a $500 vet bill right now. That’s why I’m asking on here instead of asking a vet.

Hi All, I picked up a maybe week old chick at the feed store the other day that had been isolated because the other chicks had been pecking it due to (what seemed to be) a leg injury. At first it seemed like it was the foot (it was a bit swollen at the joint) but she held her leg out in front of...