I have a chick that I thought had an injured leg. I felt the bones and can't feel any break or dislocated joint anywhere. I felt all over the little one and both sides feel the same so I don't think anything is broken or out of place. When I discovered it was hurt Sunday it couldn't walk. It and 4 others the same age have been living in the sizzle pen with the adults. This chick is about 2 months old and I think it's a pullet. Anyway, I brought her in and put her in a small brooder by herself with food and water. She couldn't get to it the first day and I had to put her by them so she could. The next day she was able to hobble around the brooder. Today she is standing and walking but she's wobbly and when she walks she does this high step like she's stepping over something with every step and it's with both feet.
She doesn't seem to be in pain but since it's difficult to walk she don't do it much. She will lay till she wants to move into a different position and will get herself turned around or to the food and water then back down she is. She doesn't seem to prefer a certain side. She lays sorta on one side then will flip to the other. Right now she turned herself around and is watching the computer monitor curser move as I type. Maybe she's reading. lol
Any ideas as to what it may be. She is getting better. I would just like to have an idea as to what may have happened to her. Oh, and she has normal poops
She doesn't seem to be in pain but since it's difficult to walk she don't do it much. She will lay till she wants to move into a different position and will get herself turned around or to the food and water then back down she is. She doesn't seem to prefer a certain side. She lays sorta on one side then will flip to the other. Right now she turned herself around and is watching the computer monitor curser move as I type. Maybe she's reading. lol
Any ideas as to what it may be. She is getting better. I would just like to have an idea as to what may have happened to her. Oh, and she has normal poops