Can a chick have very minor splay/spraddle? If so must it be corrected?

[prepperchickens]

I have two 9 day old sebrights and I'm beside myself trying to overcompensate and coddle them because in still grieving the loss of my 3 wk old BR cockerel and my 2 mos old male guinea, both died a heroes death protecting their sisters. I got these two little beauties and am pretty certain one is a roo, he's a tiny guy and very pushy but the funny thing is for all hat piss and vinegar he's a tad clumsy. Not in a way so obvious and extreme that it screams neurological condition, he just trips and rolls once or twice a day and immediately gets back on his feet like "I mean to do that" lol, he didn't struggle to stand but he just looks too low to the ground like his belly touches the floor and trips him up. His legs don't look deformed but I think he spreads his little feet wider than his sis does, she never falls. The thing is it's so minor I don't know if I should stress him out by fixing it or let him be since he gets around fine and hardly falls. I just got them 2 days ago from the feed store and they had pasty butt (which is why I got them, to save them since I couldn't save my baby boys ) so that was my first hurdle and it seems cleared up now after oatmeal, Braggs acv and some garlic for good measure. They eat great, they're active and talkative, totally relax when held, have clean fresh water to drink...and neither seems to be getting WORSE in any way. Is 10 days too old to fix spraddle? Do you fix it in all cases no matter how minor? Is that even what he has?
Also, he's constantly trying to hide beneath his sister. It's the cutest thing on earth but it's not like a sign of anything g bad is it? It's a struggle to take a proper photo of his situation but here is one that kind of demonstrates the way he stands with his belly on the ground (although here he's lower than usual because he falls asleep the second I hold him) a tad. His feet and bones don't look deformed. He can still perch and hop up and run around but when he tries to groom his backside he inevitably falls lol. Advice?

 

[coleco]

Of all chicks I raised the silver seabrights were the tiniest and most fragile, mine tripped all the time and seemed extremely clumsy on their tiny legs. I think you should give them some time they seem like they are normal to me.

 

[prepperchickens]

Thank you so much. I had a feeling a Sebright owner would be familiar with what I mean. I woke up today and looked in on them first thing and they seem to have tons of energy and eat like constantly, they will eat anything, my other chicks have not been as curious about new foods.
But since you've raised these little guys, here's the neurosis I can tell I will be panicking over today (everyday something new I panic myself over with these guys): I stupidly got coconut oil on my roosters feathers when trying to apply it to his bottom. I bathed him today because for whatever reason I woke up and they both had poopy butts just a little ( I didn't give them Braggs last night because I thought if give them a break and immediately the pasting started again) and when I went to blow dry him I realized his feathers weren't fluffing and then realized it's the coconut residue. Do I bathe him again, right after I dried him? Should I give him a little but somewhere real warm before I put him through that again? How bad is it to have any kind of oily stuff on a chicks feathers? Also, I will soon post a pic of their butts to make sure they aren't prolapsed or swollen...I feel like they are. Thanks so much.

 

[coleco]

Just let him fluff his feathers back out, the coconut oil shouldn't hurt, Chickens constantly coat themselves with oils from the gland near their tail feathers but i wouldnt keep using the oil on them frequently, they need to learn to coat and fluff their feathers. These little guys are especially sensitive to getting cold and washing him repeatedly is overzealous. There should be no pasty butt issue unless its extremely caked up and in my experience it takes a little while for them to refluff their feathers because they are so tipsy. For the time being take a breather and admire the transition to adolescence

 

[prepperchickens]

Well, it appears the little sh*t is stronger than I thought. I decided to replace my beloved amazing male guinea so that my 2 mos old female wouldn't be too alienated later on once the hens start turning into social climbers and pecking each other. It seems guineas are oblivious to the caste system of chickens and that a line guinea could eventually be abused.
Guineas are sweeter natured and more gentle in my brief experience thus far.
Well, I introduced a 3 or 4 day old guinea (I suspect male) to the two sebrights and the little roo is really showing his as*. He's a tad smaller than this little guinea, even though he's 10 days old, but don't tell him that. He is really bullying him! Whenever the guinea accidentally gets close to the sebright pullet chick he gets rushed by this microscopic tyrant baby rooster. He's also keeping him away from food kinda. The guinea seems to let it roll off his back and go about his business but this pip squeak Sebring is super aggressive and persistent! I keep swatting him away and scolding him and what's funny is noally he's afraid of the hand moving fast but when I'm holding him off the guinea suddenly he's not scared of my hand at all and keeps trying. Normally my hand reaching in makes him hide his head under his sisters belly. What a tough guy. *** do I do now? I can't ET another chick I'm already sparring with my husband over this guinea lol, but how can I protect him and make sure he gets to eat and drink? The Sebright is too little and fragile to actually hurt him I think but he could starve or freeze him. Will he calm down?

 

[coleco]

They should get along, give it time, drink a beer and get ready for napolean to grow up

 

[prepperchickens]

Auto correct slaughtered my post lol.
Yeah, I feel better knowing the little brat is apparently healthy enough to be a bully at least. I doubt a very sick chick would have the energy, he's all over the poor keet. The keet is so sweet, I chose it because it was spunky and lively and smaller, and didn't freak out as bad being held as the others. That was how Little Foot acted compared to his sister Ducky and he turned out to be my little hero boy. Dunno what male guineas are called but calling them cocks sounds weird. Luckily like my other guinea babies, this one isn't phased by much and cannot be held back from food. He let's the pip squeak self appointed brooder despot do his worst and then goes about pecking around immediately after the "attack" ends. Can a baby sebright even break the skin? They're so helplessly small it's funny, this guinea just freakin hatched but I bet he will be larger than they are within a couple days. I hear guineas can bully chickens but I've never seen it, I've seen them tolerate insult from much smaller week old barred rocks who jumped on heir heads to steal the food they were eating. Little Foot was top dog but only because he was the fastest to grab treats or catch on that mommy=mealworms so follow her and do what she says, whereas my chickens took longer to stop being timid about me and were intimidated by little foots determination and spunk even though he never regulated or pecked. My other fallen hero, my 3 wk old BR cockerel, was nothing like this uppity Sebright! He let the hens eat and never bullied anything. I'm gonna miss him, this bossy bantam is making me realize how sweet my boys really were. I bet this guy would just hide his little head under someone if he saw a cat, lol.
He's calmed down now that he sees the guinea isn't interested in uh, competing and just wants to sleep and feed his face. Now they're both gently like, picking crumbs off his feathers and seemingly trying to wake him up when he's asleep. If he were a chick I would be crawling out but guineas are tough and pretty laid back. It's gonna be funny to watch this pint sized rooster in action, that's why I got him, figured even if he turned out crazy he would be harmless.

 

[emmaie892000]

He seems like a character already!
Hopefully he'll be a great rooster, with you spending time with him especially.