5 week old chick not walking right!!!

All my other chickens i have have been outside sense i got them..i got SLW pullets last year durring summer..but they never came inside..and they are all ok...
In the "Chicken Health Handbook" Gail Damerow says, " Cause-- six different herpes viruses concentrated in feather follicles, shed in dander, survive for years in dust and litter; in pullets, often infect in combination with coccidiosis"
 
I get a little too attached with my JG's, so I had a cockerel in my room who was paralyzed and had seizures........... for 6 months. And he did recover, standing on both feet. Here's a picture of him in the midst of Marek's. One day I came home and he was sitting on his hocks, all I had fed him was chick starter and Poly-vi-sol in the water... I can't prove that Poly-vi-sol helped him survive, but he was a fighter. Notice the foot sticking out. 6 months later.
If she does survive im gonna name her funny feet!..im hopeing its a vitamin thing..iv been giving her multi vitamins and she isnt falling over as much..and was standing up today..im goig out in acouple mins to get poly vi sol!
 
Alsi..she has very cold feet...i dont know if that has anything to do with anything..but all the other chicks feet are warm..i seperated her and when i just walked out to guve her food she was standing..but then laid down. Ahhh this is so stress full!!
Keep her warm (75-70F). Make sure she's eating and drinking.

Poly-vi-sol Dosage:

.5mL per quart



Good luck with her.
 
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She only stands to eat or to get to her feed bowl..iv been giving her poultry drench 3x a day..she isnt falling backward anymore which is good but she has no interest in standing up for long periods.
 
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She only stands to eat or to get to her feed bowl..iv been giving her poultry drench 3x a day..she isnt falling backward anymore which is good but she has no interest in standing up for long periods.
Hmmmm, least she's eatin'. Maybe it'll take time. That's good that she isn't falling backwards. I have a chick like this, called her Derpy. She would attempt to stand up the while she tried to stay balanced, she would run into things. This was her, fell down, poor thing.
I was flippin' out but she naturally started walkin' right. I was lucky.

Here she is now :3 All better
 
Hmmmm, least she's eatin'. Maybe it'll take time. That's good that she isn't falling backwards. I have a chick like this, called her Derpy. She would attempt to stand up the while she tried to stay balanced, she would run into things. This was her, fell down, poor thing. I was flippin' out but she naturally started walkin' right. I was lucky. Here she is now :3 All better
Thats how she sits! I dont know what to do..i dont want to out her down, cause if its not meraks ill feel horrible!!!
 

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