Help!!!! Quick Please!!!!!

[threehorses]

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Your vet can. Whens' she going in?

 

[into_my_web]

Hopefully tomorrow. Today is Canada day so everything here is closed.

 

[into_my_web]

I have another concern.
The little chick does not seem to be growing, at all.
Is this okay? Or should I be concerned?

 

[California Ducken]

Do you have a comparative photo? There have been several posts on here with chicks that grow a lot slower than their siblings. They seem to turn out fine.
How has her eating been? and drinking?
Has she been perky?

 

[threehorses]

Oh happy Canada Day!

She's likely not growing like the others for one of two reasons:
a) because she has an infection and thus her whole system isn't going to allow for growth because it's too busy making sure she doesn't die, and
b) she might have had slight nutritional deficiencies before (possibly one that caused her leg to be more brittle) causing issues.

I'm going with a).

I'd be more concerned about the leg at the moment.

 

[California Ducken]

Hi do we have an update yet?
How is she doing?

 

[California Ducken]

Good Morning! Any progress yet? What did the vet say?

 

[into_my_web]

Unfortunately we missed the call back for the appointment

. We have to call again. The poultry vet here is hard to get a hold of. Here is a picture of her leg today:

And here is a picture of her leg before we began using topical cream:

You can clearly see the swelling has gone down.


Also, here is a comparison between her and another chick born a day after her:
This is her today:

Her wings:

Standing:

And this is the other chick:

The other chicks's wings:

Standing:

I'm not sure if these pictures really show differences in size but there is a pretty big one.

 

[threehorses]

Her leg might be rubbery rather than broken or dislocated, which would indicate a D3/calcium deficiency (rickets). That would also have something to do with her size different and feathering.

But again, as I said before, birds fighting infections don't thrive.

 

[California Ducken]

How has the walking going?
How long have you had it taped now?
Is she spunky yet?