2 month old chicken, unable to walk

elc0711

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Good morning, everyone!
I got a text from my mom this morning, saying that her 2 month old hatchling isn't walking. She is able to walk, she just prefers to lay down. When she does walk, it seems she is very stiff (maybe even weak/wobbly and a little knock-kneed?). She is upright and alert, but we are unsure at this point if she is eating or drinking. She seems to be acting relatively normally otherwise - she's foraging through the wood shavings in her cage, and is aware to people approaching. They haven't been introduced outdoors yet, but right now, the chick is isolated in a rabbit cage and resting in some sunlight. Mom is going to offer her lentils, and I suggested picking up some electrolytes as well. Can anyone offer any solutions or insight? Thanks in advance!
 

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It would be helpful to hold her upright, and take a picture of her legs from the front or the back to see if she is knock kneed in one or both legs. There are leg bone deformities called varus or valgus deformity which occur in one or both legs. Varus deformity is seen in the picture below:
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...601659533189128@1520458219113/figure-fig4.png

Here is the whole article for pics of both legs, and valgus deformities as well:
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_Intertarsal_Joint_in_Broiler_Chickens
 
It would be helpful to hold her upright, and take a picture of her legs from the front or the back to see if she is knock kneed in one or both legs. There are leg bone deformities called varus or valgus deformity which occur in one or both legs. Varus deformity is seen in the picture below:
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...601659533189128@1520458219113/figure-fig4.png

Here is the whole article for pics of both legs, and valgus deformities as well:
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_Intertarsal_Joint_in_Broiler_Chickens
She doesn't seem bow-legged or splayed like the pictures in the link you provided. We just noticed the difference today. We also just noticed that her toes seem sort of hyper-flexed - bending inward on the inside and outward on the outside. Almost seems weak or unsteady at times.
 

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