Hi everyone! Still following the thread and learning alot. Really enjoy seeing all the photos. Beautiful birds!
@Punkybrewster
Read your situation with your Roo. So sorry he's not well.
I've also seen similar lameness in a couple birds over the years. Seems it's always a favorite, too. Someone told me about riboflavin deficiency in birds and well, I will research a topic to death! LOL
Anyway, I've used B Complex and a poultry multivitamin on a few lame birds. I used Rooster Booster Poultry Multivitamins and Electrolytes. I purchased B Complex, the human type, at the drug store. It contains many different B vitamins including Riboflavin which is B2. I found some that was liquid drops for adults. (The B Complex capsules full of powder do not mix well with water and taste bitter.) I gave the drops straight to the beak 2 times daily for a few days. I also mixed the poultry multivitamin powder per directions in the only water source. It also contains electrolytes. Also good when they are stressed.
I have seen it help 2 birds. One was a roo who we rehomed. Sweet boy, but can only keep so many. The other is one of my lap babies named Dixie. She responded well and is now 7 years old this past Feb. Glad I gave her the chance. She has raised me lots of chicks and still at 7 years old gives me a few pretty blue eggs in spring. Dixie is a Cream Legbar.
I don't know if it will help your boy but I see no reason it will hurt him. If you want to leave him with his ladies, you could mix the vitamin water for your flock and just give him the B Complex drops. As long as he can get to his food and water without getting hurt, he would probably be happier with his flock. If you feel he if suffering, you can always put him down.
I've read the cause could be many different things. Some are vitamins in older feeds can degrade, molds can be present that are not seen with the eye, some birds may need a bit more than others when stressed. I could never find a cause with mine.
I also recall reading sometimes if it goes on too long, it can be permanent.
Here's some things I found when I searched and there's more info out there, too.
https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2015/09/identification-of-riboflavin-deficiency.html#.YM5tM2hKjIW
https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2016/05/cure-curled-toe-paralysis-in-poultry.html#.YM5s3mhKjIX
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/curly-toed-paralysis
I truly wish you best of luck.
And howdy neighbor, I see you are in SC. I'm in NC.
@Punkybrewster
Read your situation with your Roo. So sorry he's not well.
I've also seen similar lameness in a couple birds over the years. Seems it's always a favorite, too. Someone told me about riboflavin deficiency in birds and well, I will research a topic to death! LOL
Anyway, I've used B Complex and a poultry multivitamin on a few lame birds. I used Rooster Booster Poultry Multivitamins and Electrolytes. I purchased B Complex, the human type, at the drug store. It contains many different B vitamins including Riboflavin which is B2. I found some that was liquid drops for adults. (The B Complex capsules full of powder do not mix well with water and taste bitter.) I gave the drops straight to the beak 2 times daily for a few days. I also mixed the poultry multivitamin powder per directions in the only water source. It also contains electrolytes. Also good when they are stressed.
I have seen it help 2 birds. One was a roo who we rehomed. Sweet boy, but can only keep so many. The other is one of my lap babies named Dixie. She responded well and is now 7 years old this past Feb. Glad I gave her the chance. She has raised me lots of chicks and still at 7 years old gives me a few pretty blue eggs in spring. Dixie is a Cream Legbar.
I don't know if it will help your boy but I see no reason it will hurt him. If you want to leave him with his ladies, you could mix the vitamin water for your flock and just give him the B Complex drops. As long as he can get to his food and water without getting hurt, he would probably be happier with his flock. If you feel he if suffering, you can always put him down.
I've read the cause could be many different things. Some are vitamins in older feeds can degrade, molds can be present that are not seen with the eye, some birds may need a bit more than others when stressed. I could never find a cause with mine.
I also recall reading sometimes if it goes on too long, it can be permanent.
Here's some things I found when I searched and there's more info out there, too.
https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2015/09/identification-of-riboflavin-deficiency.html#.YM5tM2hKjIW
https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2016/05/cure-curled-toe-paralysis-in-poultry.html#.YM5s3mhKjIX
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/curly-toed-paralysis
I truly wish you best of luck.
And howdy neighbor, I see you are in SC. I'm in NC.