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    Help please! Rooster can’t walk well

    Here is a good link for chicken slings and chairs, especially posts 5, 11-14: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/
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    Help please! Rooster can’t walk well

    You might want to try him in a chicken sling if he is separated. Some chickens will tolerate them, others will keep escaping. You can place food and water in front of him in those. Take him out to sleep or stretch periodically. If you put him down or lose him , before that happens, I would...
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    Help please! Rooster can’t walk well

    What is his age? Mareks usually shows up in the first 8 months of life, but could become symptomatic after adding a new chickens to the flock, or after some stressor. An injury would be more likely, but time will tell. There is some testing that can be done on live chickens, but if you lose him...
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    Help please! Rooster can’t walk well

    Does he have any signs of Mareks disease, such as lying with one leg forward and one leg under or back? Does the bad leg seem numb or paralyzed, and does he use his wings to balance? With 2 roosters together, he may have been injured, or he could have been born with a leg issue or leg bone...
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