Brahma Thread

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The chick is about 2 and a half weeks. It was fine at first. It was one of the most active chick. one morning it just lay there in a corner. I came back to see it in the same spot. I separated him from the others but it kept calling for his buddies. I put him back. He eats and drinks water. He moves about using the wings as support. Not sure if it has an injured leg. I checked and the leg looks fine externally. Its been 3 days so far. idno what to do about it.

When my SF had a torn tendon she would use her wing to balance herself and would use her wings and sometimes feet to scoot herself around.

 

[Shark Akhrrana]

When my SF had a torn tendon she would use her wing to balance herself and would use her wings and sometimes feet to scoot herself around.

those two pictures are the same chick. How long did it take for yours to recover?

 

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a little over a month. It can take anywhere from a month to two months to heal. You have to give them a lot of TLC, but it is worth it. Since mine couldnt stand or walk, she would poop on herself so I would half to wash her butt everyday. They have this anti inflammatory mediecne that you can get at most vets. It is called mectan or mectam and it is almost $30. I didnt get any of it, because my SF leg wasnt swollen. I did give her 1/4 asprin, every couple days. I dont know if people really recommend that, but it didnt hurt her, I smashed it and mixed it with plain yogurt. Since your is a chick I probably wouldnt give it as much.

Now that I think about it your chick could have a calcium definacency (spelling?). I had a chick like that, but It hatched like that. so that might be what your has. But if that is the issue you can give it pol-vis-ol baby vitamins without iron. It is in like CVS and walgreens, it is $10-11. Just give it one drop 2-3 times a day.

Those are the only things I can think of.

 

[big medicine]

I'm wondering Marek's Disease. Anybody ever experience it in birds that young ?

 

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I'm wondering Marek's Disease. Anybody ever experience it in birds that young ?

That could be too, never crossed my mind. None of my chickens have ever had mareks disease (crossing my fingers I never have to deal with that) so no help there. I hope thats not what it is.

 

[Shark Akhrrana]

That could be too, never crossed my mind. None of my chickens have ever had mareks disease (crossing my fingers I never have to deal with that) so no help there. I hope thats not what it is.

I have never experienced that. Hope that is not it.

 

[Tim63]

Chicks that fail to thrive should be culled. You are running the risk of loosing all your chicks trying to rescue one that will probably die anyway. Ask your Dad to do it for you. Its hard, but you have to think of the other birds. Your flock will be better for it. At the VERY least, the sick bird should be sperated. I know it sounds harsh, especially for a child to hear. I am telling you the truth. Sorry.

Tim

 

[Cluckerbocker]

I have recently inherited a flock of what are supposed to be Brahma chickens. The hens are a little rough because they didn't keep the rooster population down, but aside from that I'm not sure if some of them are even Brahmas. I know the people well and I don't think they were trying to deceive me, but they also might not have known any better. The lack of feathering on the legs of many of them worries me, but I can also see that some of the Roosters were feather legged, and have lost the feathers for one reason or another. I know they're all older chickens, so it is possible over the years theyve pulled out a lot of leg feathers. I just don't want to breed these birds and transfer Brahmas to someone else who aren't true Brahmas. So I came here to get expert opinions.

 

[Cluckerbocker]

Oh, and the combs. It seems to be like I only have one true Brahma rooster. It's worrying since I know they travelled all over to collect these birds.

 

[Dirt Farmer]

Oh, and the combs. It seems to be like I only have one true Brahma rooster. It's worrying since I know they travelled all over to collect these birds.

I'm no Brahma expert, but I'm not seeing much Brahma there. If I were to venture a wild guess, I'd say the leg feathering came from a Marans cross somewhere along the line. What is the egg colors like? Marans crosses usually only lay slightly darker than other tinted egg breeds, sometimes with speckling. Just a thought as I observed you pictures.