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I am sorry if my tone came across as bad it was not my intention. This is the 4th chick out of 8 chicks I purchased from a breeder to have these exact same symptoms. The first was around April after I bought a trio. I stupidly thought it was a fluke & purchased 5 day old chicks at the first of May. Of these 5 I lost 2 at around 5-6 wks of age and now this one and she is around 11 weeks old. All had the same symptoms exactly. As I said I have 2 hatches from broody hens & none of them are sick. I am contacting the Ag Extension office tomorrow to see if I can make arrangements for a necropsy and hopefully find out what is going on. I would like to thank everyone for your thoughts, efforts and support. I will update when and if I find out. Unfortunately I am not in a position to spend hundreds of dollars to take her to UT to find out the cause.
No...not at all. It is just very difficult to diagnose what you describe about lameness without any other symptoms at all. As Terry has mentioned it can sometimes be caused by low Vit. B, but you generally start to see star gazing or wry neck and incoordination before complete lameness. I missed the fact that they had the same breeder in common also . Def. could just be some weird genetic thing going on with the parent stock.
 
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Bairo, I wish I could take the boys, but I just have too many already. I'm looking for homes for three, maybe four SLW cockerels as we speak.
OK..they are so pretty, I wanted to make sure you did not need a new daddy (not you..the hens) before I got rid of them
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I'm starting my chicken flock with NPIP certified eggs/day olds. I am awaiting faverolles in the mail, and am looking for some Ameraucanas- either eggs or chicks- however they HAVE to be NPIP and I'm really looking for wheaten. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'd rather not have to ship them and would like to find someone who is close enough to drive to...I live around Johnson City, TN. PM me or email me at [email protected] . Thanks again for reading.
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I have two Blue Wheaton young boys available if anyone is interested. 1 dark and 1 not as dark, but both with a lot of blue.
I am actually mainly doing easters and olives now but am using my Wellie Roo and so dont need them.
Bario...I will talk to my friend today about your boys...I am pretty sure she will want one but don't want to speak up until I know for sure. I will call you this evening.Thanks
 
Go to Walmart and get some Vitamin B complex. Also try some L-Lysine (think that is how you spell it) Believe me....I have learned a great deal in the last 2 days about leg issues in chickens, Also...I have had chicks contract cocci on medicated feed. 11 weeks is kinda too old but I have read an article that sometimes if the conditions are right...it can still happen. Given we have had so much high humidity cocci has been a huge problem for a lot of people. If you are giving it Corid make sure you add powdered milk 50/50 in the feed. Corid is really hard on their little tummies and the milk coats them. What breed of chicken is it?
I had a huge problem with cocci the first year I started back in chickens. One of the things a member here told me was I was being TOO clean. While chicks are on medicated feed they do need some exposure to germs. I give him tiny pieces of grass the day after they hatch and at least every other day. I am not saying that you let everything stay dirty but do allow them a little dirt.
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Believe me...a few people on here know how freaked out when I can not figure out what has happened to one of mine so I feel your pain I would question the breeder they came from.. Good luck and keep us posted.

Thanks but after checking on her this morning I think it is time to do the best thing for her. She is an Orpington and I was trying so hard to get a nice quality starter flock.
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I have tried speaking to the breeder but am to the point of being leery of spending any more time or $ in his stock. I am not going to blame the breeder because I do not know what happened. It is just very strange only the blue orps & all with the same symptoms. Is there something about orps that I need to know say supplement wise or anything that I was not doing that I needed to do?
 
Thanks but after checking on her this morning I think it is time to do the best thing for her. She is an Orpington and I was trying so hard to get a nice quality starter flock.
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I have tried speaking to the breeder but am to the point of being leery of spending any more time or $ in his stock. I am not going to blame the breeder because I do not know what happened. It is just very strange only the blue orps & all with the same symptoms. Is there something about orps that I need to know say supplement wise or anything that I was not doing that I needed to do?
So very sorry.
 
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