7 week old Chick stumbling

[VickyS]

New here and have a 7 week old chick that started stumbling when walking just yesterday. This chick is in with one other chick, hatched by Mama hen and she no longer wants to be in with them. I will try the warm sugar water this am. I got some Nutri-drench, question....should I put that in the chicks water in place of the vitamin/electrolytes water? Or directly into the beak with a dropper?
I've read about Vitamin E oil on the food and Wry Neck. Heard about the a foot disease due to not being on level ground, but cannot find anything about it.
They are not vaccinated, should I change the chick feed to medicated ASAP?

 

[azygous]

Your location is important. Climate can cause disorders.

What have the chicks been eating? Do they have access to grit? Have they had an excess of anything to eat?

Check the chick's crop. It's the bulge on the chest that is slightly off the the chick's right side. Compare this chick to the other one and describe how the crop feels.

 

[VickyS]

I am in So. Alabama. They are inside a warm new built coop, well insulated. Separate area inside from other chickens. No, I have not given them grit yet, will get some chick grit today, all I have is for grown chickens.
Nothing unusual with crop area, just ate and has small bulge on left side. Compared to other, that one has small bulge on both sides after just eating.
I just gave both warm sugar water.

 

[azygous]

The crop is on the chicken's right side. Did you compare the crop to the other chick's?

If the chicks are not getting grit by now, and if they are trying to eat table scraps, they might have trouble digesting these foods.

A constipated chick can become weak and stumble about due to being in a starvation state. No food is being digested. If you determine that this chick has a chance of being constipated, give it a teaspoon of chilled coconut oil, by putting bite size pieces into its beak. Get it all in.

If this is the chick's issue, it should perk up within a few hours of getting the oil and it may produce an impressive poop.

Due to your location, you may have coccidia active in your soil right now. If the chick doesn't respond to the coconut oil and becomes worse, I suggest giving the flock and this chick Corid in their drinking water to treat possible coccidiosis. Pick up some chick grit when you go there to buy the Corid.

 

[VickyS]

The crop is on the chicken's right side. Did you compare the crop to the other chick's?

If the chicks are not getting grit by now, and if they are trying to eat table scraps, they might have trouble digesting these foods.

A constipated chick can become weak and stumble about due to being in a starvation state. No food is being digested. If you determine that this chick has a chance of being constipated, give it a teaspoon of chilled coconut oil, by putting bite size pieces into its beak. Get it all in.

If this is the chick's issue, it should perk up within a few hours of getting the oil and it may produce an impressive poop.

Due to your location, you may have coccidia active in your soil right now. If the chick doesn't respond to the coconut oil and becomes worse, I suggest giving the flock and this chick Corid in their drinking water to treat possible coccidiosis. Pick up some chick grit when you go there to buy the Corid.

I have done all the things suggested above. Gave the coconut oil this morning, nothing yet. I am picking up some CORID.
I lost a hen two days ago, she was paralyzed (I thought she was peaked in the spine, no other symptoms), but now today I have another hen paralyzed. Just laying there with legs twitching. I think something else is going on and it is spreading. Reading about Coccidia, paralyzed legs is not a symptom.
Any ideas? Treat all my flock of 18 the Corid?

 

[azygous]

These symptoms can be from toxic exposure to petroleum distillates when more than one chicken comes down with them. Have you used any paint thinner, automotive fluids, insecticides, etc, where the chickens scratch and pick up grit?

 

[VickyS]

These symptoms can be from toxic exposure to petroleum distillates when more than one chicken comes down with them. Have you used any paint thinner, automotive fluids, insecticides, etc, where the chickens scratch and pick up grit?

No, only natural products like Diatomaceous Earth (Food Quality from TSC) and First Saturday Lime (made for animal areas). Sprinkled small amount of lime on the dirt last week after the first hen showed signs of being paralyzed. DE sprinkled inside coop with new pine shavings. Nothing toxic.

 

[azygous]

Look very closely for any signs of mold. It can cause paralysis.