2 wk old speckled sussex weak and off balance Pics included

staggerlee

In the Brooder
10 Years
Jan 30, 2009
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1
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Bear Creek NC
So we got a batch in the mail on 2/17...lost 2 in transit and 1 a week later. My husband is convinced it ate the pine shavings. Then last Friday..I found this little one half dead. We brought her upstairs and gave her sugar water which really perked her up. Then on Monday we started her on elecrolytes/vitamins and oxytetracyline in her water. She seems stable but not thriving like the others. She's still by herself. She has trouble with her balance and uses her wings to help when she walks. She's eating drinking and pooping good. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. I want to name her but don't want to jinx her either. So I'm waiting. If I did this right, there should be 3 pics...1 standing, 1 turning from her food dish with wings out and right after, she sat down.

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What are they eating?

Rickets comes to mind--when was your food manufactured? The left foot looks swollen--it could be a weird angle--does she have bumblefoot?

Any other signs--respiratory etc?
 

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