What you need for the chick is riboflavin vitamin B 2, and the easiest way to get that is to get some human super B complex tablets, and give 1/4 tablet daily. Crush it and dissolve it in a spoonful of water and give that with a dropper. Most drug stores, Walmart, Sams and Costco carry them.
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Very interesting. I have 4 buttons that are 3 days old. They came from me incubating the first 7 eggs of a hen, because she died suddenly and I’m hoping to get a new mate for the male. So, there can be several underlying causes, early egg of a young hen, or perhaps deficiencies because they were still eating high protein starter when the eggs were laid, but, last night all 4 were fine and completely normal. This morning I notice one is taking a wider stance and it’s leg slips to the side more often. For a few hours I check it regularly, I upped the amount of nutridrench in the water, and I gave it a bit directly. By noon, he was doing the splits more than half the time, so I hobbled him (ridiculously difficult with buttons) and put him in a small cup I use for ketchup and sauce for my kids.
I’ve noticed over the past few hours, that the lower part of the leg is turning outward from the hock, and worsening quickly. There is no visible injury or indication of pain, and it hasn’t slipped a tendon. I have ordered the b complex supplements from
amazon, and I’ve ordered nutritional yeast to pick up later from
Walmart to use until it arrives. Of course I’ll check if they have the supplements at
Walmart, but it listed none in store on the site. I didn’t start a new thread because I remembered this one and I wanted to reply to you, so you could add any insight if you have it.
