Black silkie with splayed leg? Won’t eat

[Angelbirdy]

We just got our fresh shipment of chicks and all are doing well except one, who has a badly deformed leg position and one wing seems off as well. He drank with help and attempted to groom but will not eat either crumbles or wet mash made from the crumbles. He is more fatigued now and fighting hard against the bandaid brace we attempted. I don’t have any of the electrolyte starter to give him. Thoughts?

 

[Nigel27]

Do you happen to have pine pollen?

 

[Eggcessive]

Human vitamin B complex or super B complex have riboflavin, which is helpful for leg problems. If you can get a vitamin with electrolyte such as Poultry Cell or SaveAChick from a feed store that would act as a boost and give riboflavin. Poultry Cell dosage would be 2 drops daily. Then get the chick drinking water by dipping it’s beak often.

 

[Angelbirdy]

Do you happen to have pine pollen?

You mean right off the trees? I’ve got the trees, they’re not really pollinating right now to my knowledge

 

[Angelbirdy]

Human vitamin B complex or super B complex have riboflavin, which is helpful for leg problems. If you can get a vitamin with electrolyte such as Poultry Cell or SaveAChick from a feed store that would act as a boost and give riboflavin. Poultry Cell dosage would be 2 drops daily. Then get the chick drinking water by dipping it’s beak often.

Thanks! I watered her a few times during the night with the SaveAChick added, and I’ve been feeding her (or him) raw egg yolk in a Q-too in addition to the water. She’s still unable to walk but she’s chirping now and the. And attempting to hop. I’d like to share this video, it shows that she pulls her bad leg really high up in the air and tries standing/hopping on the good leg. Her right wing is a little shriveled also...apparently I can only add photos:

 

[Nigel27]

Sounds like a deformity, if eventually she thrives she might be fine But she might get picked on depending on flock size. The pine pollen is just something I use on weak chicks or actually weak anything, there are no vets here or poultry supplies so I improvise. Pine pollen has so many good things in it including steroids and amino acids. Every weak thing I’ve given it to has had a burst of energy and starts eating, including myself lol

 

[Angelbirdy]

Sounds like a deformity, if eventually she thrives she might be fine But she might get picked on depending on flock size. The pine pollen is just something I use on weak chicks or actually weak anything, there are no vets here or poultry supplies so I improvise. Pine pollen has so many good things in it including steroids and amino acids. Every weak thing I’ve given it to has had a burst of energy and starts eating, including myself lol

This is great to know! I will save some pollen next time it’s on our trees!