1) What type of bird , age and weight.
RIR x Barred Rock x Americauna. Approx 8 weeks old.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
curled toe on one foot, unable to move
3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No
4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Possible lack of riboflavin in the starter?
5) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Big V feeds chick starter and water
6) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Normal, from what I can tell
7) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Vi-tal in the drinking water
8 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I need to know if there is anything I can do to reverse the paralysis
9) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
10) Describe the housing/bedding in use
The chick had been free ranging with the hen that hatched it so they have access to the poultry yard (lots of bugs, grass, trees, etc) - bedding is pine shavings.
Its only this chick and its sibling that is having a problem. I bought new food yesterday. All the other chicks raised on Big V feeds have done well.
RIR x Barred Rock x Americauna. Approx 8 weeks old.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
curled toe on one foot, unable to move
3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No
4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Possible lack of riboflavin in the starter?
5) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Big V feeds chick starter and water
6) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Normal, from what I can tell
7) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Vi-tal in the drinking water
8 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I need to know if there is anything I can do to reverse the paralysis
9) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
10) Describe the housing/bedding in use
The chick had been free ranging with the hen that hatched it so they have access to the poultry yard (lots of bugs, grass, trees, etc) - bedding is pine shavings.
Its only this chick and its sibling that is having a problem. I bought new food yesterday. All the other chicks raised on Big V feeds have done well.
