Chick can’t walk

[Fishsticks06]

I have a chick who I got last Friday who has had difficulty walking. She was fine when I first got her but her ability to walk is degrading. Now, she just sits on the floor. She has an issue with he left foot and just can’t move it well. Help please.

 

[Fishsticks06]

Made a post of this earlier with no response. I have a chick who has a limp right foot and she can’t move at all. She has no reflex from her ankle down on the right leg. She eats and drinks fine when I hold her in front of food or water. She can’t eat or drink on her own and I’m suspecting that she has a slipped tendon or vitamin deficiency. I’m trying to make a chick chair to put her in and feed her scrambled eggs for a vitamin boost. Please send help!

 

[Fishsticks06]

This is my third post for the day, I have a baby chick who has a limp right leg issue and her toes are now starting to curl. I think it’s a vitamin deficiency. She can’t properly stand up or put weight on it and all she does is sit. I have to hold her up while she eats or drinks I’m trying to offer her scrambled eggs and other vitamin supplements but she refused to consume it. @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have a chick who I got last Friday who has had difficulty walking. She was fine when I first got her but her ability to walk is degrading. Now, she just sits on the floor. She has an issue with he left foot and just can’t move it well. Help please.

Made a post of this earlier with no response. I have a chick who has a limp right foot and she can’t move at all. She has no reflex from her ankle down on the right leg. She eats and drinks fine when I hold her in front of food or water. She can’t eat or drink on her own and I’m suspecting that she has a slipped tendon or vitamin deficiency. I’m trying to make a chick chair to put her in and feed her scrambled eggs for a vitamin boost. Please send help!

This is my third post for the day, I have a baby chick who has a limp right leg issue and her toes are now starting to curl. I think it’s a vitamin deficiency. She can’t properly stand up or put weight on it and all she does is sit. I have to hold her up while she eats or drinks I’m trying to offer her scrambled eggs and other vitamin supplements but she refused to consume it. @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

Is she injured, been trampled?

Clear Photos of the legs/feet may be helpful. Turn off red brooder lights before taking photos.

Not being able to eat/drink on her own doesn't sound too promising. Do the best you can to get fluids into her 1 drop at a time.
Sometimes curling of the toes can be from vitamin deficiency, I would give her 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily. For a tiny chick, I usually dissolve the 1/4 tablet in a small amount of water, then give drops throughout the day until it's gone.

 

[Fishsticks06]

Is she injured, been trampled?

Clear Photos of the legs/feet may be helpful. Turn off red brooder lights before taking photos.

Not being able to eat/drink on her own doesn't sound too promising. Do the best you can to get fluids into her 1 drop at a time.
Sometimes curling of the toes can be from vitamin deficiency, I would give her 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily. For a tiny chick, I usually dissolve the 1/4 tablet in a small amount of water, then give drops throughout the day until it's gone.

Sorry for the vet wrap covering it up, I tried to splint it just as an idea to help it and it was kindly picked off by her flock mates. I can’t take it off because she always screams and I think I’ll just have to cut it off. It isn’t constricting blood flow or tight at all. But I sure you her ankle seems fine and I doubt she has a slipped tendon. My brooder is so big for only 4 chicks I’m doubting she’s overcrowded or being injured. She was walking well when I got her. Her limp leg can be moved a little independently but it seems dislocated? The range of motion it has goes too far to the side. This is my third chick problem out of six from the same supplier so I really don’t think it’s my fault.

 

[Eggcessive]

I second the chick vitamins that contain riboflavin (B2.) Feed and water the chick to keep up nutrition. Moistened feed and egg yolk can be helpful. An injury may be likely, but vitamins are helpful. It can be hard to tell what kind of leg problem there is. Slipped tendon, splay legs, or leg bone deformities are all common. It helps to see the chick’s legs while holding it up to stand, and without the vet wrap to see what may be going on. Sorry that your thread went unanswered for so long. Hopefully you can save the chick.

 

[Fishsticks06]

I second the chick vitamins that contain riboflavin (B2.) Feed and water the chick to keep up nutrition. Moistened feed and egg yolk can be helpful. An injury may be likely, but vitamins are helpful. It can be hard to tell what kind of leg problem there is. Slipped tendon, splay legs, or leg bone deformities are all common. It helps to see the chick’s legs while holding it up to stand, and without the vet wrap to see what may be going on. Sorry that your thread went unanswered for so long. Hopefully you can save the chick.

She’s been given electrolytes in her water and I did scramble her an egg last night. She did eat some of it but the next morning it was all eaten by her brooder mates. She’s actually doing considerably better then yesterday because I just saw her walk (not far) before stumbling. She seems to drag herself better too whether it be regulating her temperature or closer to other chicks.