- Apr 12, 2010
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I'm not sure what is going on with this new little flock, at this point I'm leaning towards Mareks :-( ....?
Chicks hatched Nov 26. I kept them inside until December 27th when I moved them to my outdoor coop. I didn't have any other chickens in there, I had passed on my old girls that weren't laying anymore, to a friend. Dec 31, we were out of town and my friend calls and says that one chick looks like it broke it's legs, as it can't walk. This chick is unable to walk, legs splay out backwards, not forward and not one forward and one backward. Chick is eating, drinking and pooping fine. I have it in a laundry basket in the garage. It's still there. I went to the feed store yesterday and they said maybe it got splay leg from walking on a slippery surface (shavings). I hadn't let them out into the run yet, when it fell ill.
Fast forward to today, 9 days later, I have another chicken down. It's doing the same thing as the first one. I noticed it limping last night and this morning it's just laying on the coop floor. I have electrolytes and vitamins in their water, chicks are on medicated feed. They were not vaccinated for Mareks. I kept thinking it was a fluke thing with the first one, but now a second. I'm devastated and not sure what to do.
Chicks hatched Nov 26. I kept them inside until December 27th when I moved them to my outdoor coop. I didn't have any other chickens in there, I had passed on my old girls that weren't laying anymore, to a friend. Dec 31, we were out of town and my friend calls and says that one chick looks like it broke it's legs, as it can't walk. This chick is unable to walk, legs splay out backwards, not forward and not one forward and one backward. Chick is eating, drinking and pooping fine. I have it in a laundry basket in the garage. It's still there. I went to the feed store yesterday and they said maybe it got splay leg from walking on a slippery surface (shavings). I hadn't let them out into the run yet, when it fell ill.
Fast forward to today, 9 days later, I have another chicken down. It's doing the same thing as the first one. I noticed it limping last night and this morning it's just laying on the coop floor. I have electrolytes and vitamins in their water, chicks are on medicated feed. They were not vaccinated for Mareks. I kept thinking it was a fluke thing with the first one, but now a second. I'm devastated and not sure what to do.