Chick with splayed leg and no balance

[LhickenChicken]

I usually just recommend a little scrambled egg or for chicks just egg yolk which supplies plenty of selenium. Too much selenium can be dangerous.

Thanks. The pill I used was 250 mgs and i just took a tiny fraction of that. Do egg yolks have vitamin E in them too?

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks. The pill I used was 250 mgs and i just took a tiny fraction of that. Do egg yolks have vitamin E in them too?

Doesn’t the Poule Vit from Peavey Mart have all that?

 

[LhickenChicken]

Doesn’t the Poule Vit from Peavey Mart have all that?

I thought so but when I asked the question nobody replied

 

[Ponypoor]

I thought so but when I asked the question nobody replied

Sorry I missed that text. How are they doing today?

 

[Ponypoor]

As for egg yolk, I would say it is very nutritious, I would scramble it and give them to eat. This is what I feed my chooks who stop eating when they moult.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Sorry I missed that text. How are they doing today?

Remaining splay leg chick got out of the sling today and is relearning how to use his legs. The other splay leg chick, who's all fixed up now, is keeping him company since both of the wry neck chicks died. So only two out of the four are still alive. But they are doing pretty well although after the yellow splay leg chick may need his legs to be joined together again since they seem to be a little too wide apart once he learns how to walk again. They are doing okay for now.

 

[Ponypoor]

Remaining splay leg chick got out of the sling today and is relearning how to use his legs. The other splay leg chick, who's all fixed up now, is keeping him company since both of the wry neck chicks died. So only two out of the four are still alive. But they are doing pretty well although after the yellow splay leg chick may need his legs to be joined together again since they seem to be a little too wide apart once he learns how to walk again. They are doing okay for now.

As long as they are getting around and eating well. You can use hobbles to help keep the legs closer together, but still walk.

 

[LhickenChicken]

The second last chick fell in the water and drowned. This is baffling, considering that the water pan is really shallow. The remaining chick whose splayed legs were corrected went back in the brooder with the other chicks and is integrating well. So out of four, three died and one got fixed.