1 week old chick can’t walk

[WillowRidgeFarm]

I have a one week old chick that stopped walking 2 days ago. It flaps around and sometimes crawls on its legs. 2 days before that it was getting around just fine. I also noticed that all of the chicks have slightly crackly lungs but the other chicks are all acting healthy and normal otherwise. This one will eat and drink when I bring it to the food or water. Any ideas?

 

[nuthatched]

What is their diet? Have you tried treating for vitamin deficiency?

 

[WillowRidgeFarm]

What is their diet? Have you tried treating for vitamin deficiency?

They are on plain chick starter/grower. I have been giving them Vitamins/Electrolytes in their water for the past 3 days.

 

[nuthatched]

They are on plain chick starter/grower. I have been giving them Vitamins/Electrolytes in their water for the past 3 days.

Unless it's neurological, he might need something stronger. Try giving him 400 i.u vitamin E and a sliver of a B complex tablet for a few days.

 

[Eggcessive]

Where did the chicks come from, hatched by you, another breeder, feed store or hatchery? Could it have been stepped on onnhurt by the other chicks? I would get some Poultry Cell or PolyVisol without iron baby vitamins, both of which have B2 riboflavin, and give 2 drops daily. Those can give an instant vitamin. Hopefully, you can feed and water it until it recovers use of legs.

 

[Frostette]

I have a one week old chick that stopped walking 2 days ago. It flaps around and sometimes crawls on its legs. 2 days before that it was getting around just fine. I also noticed that all of the chicks have slightly crackly lungs but the other chicks are all acting healthy and normal otherwise. This one will eat and drink when I bring it to the food or water. Any ideas?

Wow. Yours looks exactly like my chick that died yesterday. Not sure if she came with a hurt leg, but we noticed it after a couple days. Flapping and crawling IF she moved at all. I brought the food and water to her, vitamins, etc etc. Separated her from the rest (11 more) because they were starting to pick on her, walk all over her. After a few days she got too weak (and lonely?) and died. 8 days old. I'll never know what she died from or if she was in a lot of pain.

 

[WillowRidgeFarm]

Where did the chicks come from, hatched by you, another breeder, feed store or hatchery? Could it have been stepped on onnhurt by the other chicks? I would get some Poultry Cell or PolyVisol without iron baby vitamins, both of which have B2 riboflavin, and give 2 drops daily. Those can give an instant vitamin. Hopefully, you can feed and water it until it recovers use of legs.

This is a Salmon Faverolle that I purchased from a feed store along with 2 other Faverolles. It’s possible that it got stepped on. There’s 15 chicks in the brooder. The rest of the chicks I hatched at home. I will go get the Poultry Cell today. Thanks!

 

[Eggcessive]

Be sure to not use Poultry NutriDrench because it doesn’t have the riboflavin B2. Another source is human B complex which has riboflavin, and 1/4 tablet daily can be crushed into a spoonful of water and given with a dropper. Let us know how she gets along. Salmon faverolles are very meek but sweet birds. They are easily bullied by other breeds.