2 1/2 month old pullet with Spraddle leg!!!!!

[Miss Pearl]

Please Help!!! I have a 2 1/2 month old Welsummer hen that appears to have Spraddle leg. I have read many articles about how to treat as a chick but nothing about a pullet that's almost 3 months old. She's a healthy hen that has no problems running and playing. I just worry about her long term with this leg. Any advise as to how to treat her would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She may have a leg bone deformity like Valgus/Varus. Offer her some poultry vitamins that contain vitamin B2(Riboflavin) or crush a human b-complex vitamin and add it to her feed.
What type of food are you feeding?


https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul.../noninfectious-skeletal-disorders-in-broilers
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_intertarsal_joint_in_broiler_chickens

 

[Miss Pearl]

I'm feeding them Purina Start & Grow Medicated. After reading your comment I ran to Tractor Supply and purchased Rooster Booster Vitamins & Electrolytes with Lacto Bacillus. It has 32mg of Riboflavin (vit B2) & 270mg Thiamine HCI (vit B1). Does this sound like the right stuff?

 

[Miss Pearl]

Do you think it would help if I placed a splint on that leg?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm feeding them Purina Start & Grow Medicated. After reading your comment I ran to Tractor Supply and purchased Rooster Booster Vitamins & Electrolytes with Lacto Bacillus. It has 32mg of Riboflavin (vit B2) & 270mg Thiamine HCI (vit B1). Does this sound like the right stuff? The vitamins sound good

You can try splinting the leg, I'm not sure if it will help if it is a leg bone deformity, but it may be worth a try. Keep us posted.

https://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duerr_Splinting_Manual_2010.pdf

 

[Miss Pearl]

Thank you so much for the advice. I going to try to splint it today. I'll keep you posted.

 

[junebuggena]

In addition to the vitamins, you may want to switch to unmedicated feed. Medicated feed contains a thiamine blocker.

 

[brandymulvaine]

In addition to the vitamins, you may want to switch to unmedicated feed. Medicated feed contains a thiamine blocker. 

Thanks for this thread, I've got a young roo with the same problem. He's destined for freezer camp in the end, but I don't want him to be miserable before he gets there.

 

[Chickem707]

I have this problem, i think? Very similar to this video. She’s so young, I don’t want to have to put her down.

 

[Bocktobery 10]

If she’s getting around fine, there’s no need to put her down.