Yes, I had heard that, so I guess I was sort of waiting to give the amprol a few days to a week, before following up with the drench. Although I had a vet here tell me the exact opposite, as in they NEED the extra vitamins while they are on it. :/
Are her toes curled up?
The toes are not curled, they are more like too flat or weak, like she's not getting a great grip of the ground, seems like. She's wobbly, and then sits right down. But I was kind of thinking the same thing. I could always put them back on the amprol if I started to see anything concerning poop wise.
Hi! My daughter just had one of her chicks with the same affliction , It’s called sprawl leg, or tendon damage birth defect, She separated the lame chick, to prevent bullying because they will peck her and bully unmercifully, She made sure chick was eating and getting plenty water and daily chick gained strength in her leg and claw. She is walking perfect now.Last night, DH brought home four of the most adorable little French Wheaten Marans chicks, to add to the three Bielefelder and two SLW chicks he brought home the night before. (Whoops!)
He didn't really have the opportunity to pick them, the kid just grabbed four yellow chicks and put them in the box. As soon as they came home, we could see one was smaller and weaker and starting to get picked on. So we gave her some cooked egg, along with water and starter crumble, and rigged up a way to segregate her temporarily for observation (see but not touch) while she got her strength up. I've started them all on a mild amprol solution in the water for the first week or so, and organic crumble and chick grit, but I also have nutridrench, I have not yet onboarded.
Luckily, she is a feisty little thing! I was able to reintegrate her around midnight and watched for another hour or so that things were going okay. And they are. But she clearly has something going on.
She is spending more time walking more upright, and not drooping anymore. Her belly looks a bit better already, but you can tell it's dry and the down is rubbed bare from spending so much time sitting down on her belly, or scrambling to get around. The legs also look a bit red and swollen to me, but I don't have enough experience with raising chicks to know exactly what's going on. I don't know if she might need a hobble, or a splint, or just time and good nutrition to help her turn the corner.
Any advice as to how to proceed is appreciated. If I need to stabilize her legs physically somehow, I would like to try that today.
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Also, not totally sure why her poop is green. I suspect she was a little plugged up, and finally got her system moving after a bit of a bottom-bath last night. I saw her poop the clear+white urea stuff last night after drinking lots of water, and now this. So I'm wondering if her system is just lagging behind the others a bit with these initial poops? I'm just guessing here; I don't really know if if that's a thing. TIA
also the claw was extremely weak and was if the chick couldn’t control the foot… My daughter exercised the chicks leg and foot moving it as she would if using the foot.
I'm sorry she went through that too! So did she have to "do" anything? And the chick got better on her own? I have seen sprawl or spraddle described as a distinct condition from a slipped tendon, so I wasn't sure if they would have the same treatment. I saw hobbles used to straighten out sprawl/spraddle leg, and a splint used for the slipped tendon. So I was at a loss of which direction to go.
She first worked her foot and leg to keep from further weakness, She gave raw egg yolk and some kind of vitamin, she didn’t use a brace because she was trying very hard to walk and moved on her own… I did see an article about using a sling of sorts.
I saw something about this too! Like physical therapy for a chickie lol I love it!
Yes, she is getting around as well, and so spunky! This is really promising to hear, thank you! I will try to keep a close eye and support her however I can, and hopefully it will work itself out... Time will tell!
