Chick with a limp/bad leg

[Rolsjo]

I have a 5-day-old Phoenix who has started limping. He still gets around the brooder and seems to put a little weight on the leg, but mostly hops on one foot. He's still eating and drinking fine and has good energy. I inspected the leg and there is no obvious joint swelling, warm spots, curled toes or the like. I checked for a slipped tendon, but the joint looks no different than on the other leg to my highly inexperienced eye.

Any suggestions? Should I try to separate him from the others?

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

there are long tail breeders and I feel they can help you
so redo the information on the post title to read {hoenix chick etc

it can be due to some nerve damage and it may help to give it the

wet mash with Vit E and Vit B complex for a while

(1 and feed the chick water with apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp to 2 quarst of water
Do this till after the chick iare better. Should be able to put the ACV water in a small waterer for the the individual bird

(2 immediately give each of the affected chick en 1000 mg capsule of liquid Vit E by cutting the end of the capsule and taking the vit E capsule and let the oil run into the chickens beak

(3 also need to crush a vit B complex pill in a tbsp and put it into a tsp of water and put it in the chicken's beak after it is disolved

Do both Vit's twice today then for 7 days till you see some improvement in the chick

then give twice a week for two weeks should see much improvement

(4 generally the shock of something will cause nerve damage

(5 after today I would see if the chick will eat a wet mash probiotic with the vits added to the wet mash
**** DO THIS IMMEDIATELY IF THE CHICK WILL EAT IT AND ADD THE VIT'S ALSO
for each chicken do this

natural probiotic wet mash
2 tsp of dry crumbles
3-1/2 tsp of milk sweet, sour or buttermilk
1 tbsp of non flavored yogurt
mix good and put the
vit E liquid as directed in the wet mash
and crumble the Vit B complex tablet in a tabsp and add to the wet mash

(6 Do this twice a day for 7 days to see if the chickena are better
then do this once a day for another week then once a week for a while
this should give the nervous system some stability

(7 you can email by PM for more information and include this inf so I remember what is happening