Chick won't use legs

[yoopergirl1211]

They are on normal medicated crumbles now. Only got adult food for a little over 60 hrs.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Just wanted to put what happened if anyone ends up reading this later on. I gave her every form of vitamin b that you can give chicks but she never gained her ability to walk. Culled her this afternoon unfortunately. Feeling kinda bad but definitely wasn't going to be a good life hopping on belly.

 

[Old Philosopher]

I came here searching for "spraddle leg" syndrome and found this thread.
I have Cornish-X chicks right now. I have raised probably 150 of these over the years, and never had this happen at this age.
Newly hatched chicks can get it from genetics, or difficulty hatching, but my chicks are 3 weeks old and were fine until 36 hrs ago. Now I have 4 birds down with splayed out legs. They cannot stand, or control their legs to get to feed, or water.

Does anyone have an idea why this would hit 1/3 of my new flock all at once????
Help! 20+ years of raising chickens and never seen this before.

 

[Kiki]

I came here searching for "spraddle leg" syndrome and found this thread.
I have Cornish-X chicks right now. I have raised probably 150 of these over the years, and never had this happen at this age.
Newly hatched chicks can get it from genetics, or difficulty hatching, but my chicks are 3 weeks old and were fine until 36 hrs ago. Now I have 4 birds down with splayed out legs. They cannot stand, or control their legs to get to feed, or water.

Does anyone have an idea why this would hit 1/3 of my new flock all at once????
Help! 20+ years of raising chickens and never seen this before.

Are these eggs from your own stock?
Read this about feed.http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/17469/pnw477.pdf?sequence=4

 

[Kiki]

Here is a mother good read about the importance of Vitamin B https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[aart]

I came here searching for "spraddle leg" syndrome and found this thread.
I have Cornish-X chicks right now. I have raised probably 150 of these over the years, and never had this happen at this age.
Newly hatched chicks can get it from genetics, or difficulty hatching, but my chicks are 3 weeks old and were fine until 36 hrs ago. Now I have 4 birds down with splayed out legs. They cannot stand, or control their legs to get to feed, or water.

Does anyone have an idea why this would hit 1/3 of my new flock all at once????
Help! 20+ years of raising chickens and never seen this before.

Are legs paralyzed or just weak?
Is it really hot where you are?
New bag of feed recently?
How quickly did it hit?
I assume you bought these chicks as day olds?
How many chicks in what kind of housing?

 

[Old Philosopher]

I got a diagnosis today from my supplier (whom I've known for 17 years and who is not the breeder): Rickets.
I'm not the only one having problems. He's contacting the feed lot about their formula. In the mean time, I found one document on-line from Europe that says "ricket-like symptoms" could be a virus they picked up at the breeder's facility.
I've lost 7 out of 15 chicks, 3 weeks old, with at least 5 more at death's door.

 

[Kiki]

I got a diagnosis today from my supplier (whom I've known for 17 years and who is not the breeder): Rickets.
I'm not the only one having problems. He's contacting the feed lot about their formula. In the mean time, I found one document on-line from Europe that says "ricket-like symptoms" could be a virus they picked up at the breeder's facility.
I've lost 7 out of 15 chicks, 3 weeks old, with at least 5 more at death's door.

That is too bad.
I am sorry to hear this.

 

[Kiki]

I've never heard of this so I am looking it up.
Doesn't seem like they is anything that can be done to save them, is that correct?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/419529