Cornish X-Rock not walking - Help Please...

[Codeno1]

Good morning, I have a flock of X-Rocks and 1 of them has not been walking for a few days. They are about 1 month old. I have separated her from the rest so she can eat and drink, and she is. I know these breeds have leg problems, is there anything I can do to help her or is she approaching the end? Your advise is appreciated.

Eric

 

[rainplace]

I've seen two different problems occur in regards to walking with our first batch.

The first problem happened at about 2 weeks old and I noticed a few of the chicks had curled toes and one had the curled toes and was trying to get around on it's haunches. I assumed riboflavin deficiency, removed inflicted chicks and fed them raw beef liver and put brewers yeast in their feed. I added brewers yeast to the other chick's feed also just in case. The curled toed chicks recovered and I was able to put them back out with the rest within a week.

The second problem occurred at around 6 weeks and I assumed it was just part of the cornish crosses predisposition to leg problems. I separated her out into a mini-tractor and fed and watered her until slaughter day which was 1 week and 4 days later. Besides her leg issue, everything else about her seemed healthy.

 

[myhubbycallsmechickeemama]

I had that happen to one of my smaller ones at about 5 weeks. We did end up culling it.