New chicks starting to do this....

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Thanks cccccccchickens I think I'm gonna try some vitamins.




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I don't think it would hurt anything at this point

 

[irtehun]

I just hope it's not mareks. Finally for wellies and don't wanna have to cull them all


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[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I just hope it's not mareks. Finally for wellies and don't wanna have to cull them all


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Not trying to be the bearer of bad news but you will likely have to cull your whole flock, not just the ones showing symptoms

 

[irtehun]

And then will I ever be able to have more? Why would I have to cull the whole flock if only a few show symptoms?


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[Eggcessive]

Since these are new chicks, I think it may be riboflavin (vitamin B2 ) deficiency. It is curled toe paralysis. and can be corrected if treated early enough. Get them on poultry vitamins in the water or PolyVisol without iron infant vitamins 3 drops daily by mouth. Here are links to read: http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency
http://www.avianaquamiser.com/posts/Chick_curled_toe/

 

[irtehun]

Since these are new chicks, I think it may be riboflavin (vitamin B2 ) deficiency from the parents. It is curled toe paralysis. and can be corrected if treated early enough. Get them on poultry vitamins in the water or PolyVisol without iron infant vitamins 3 drops daily by mouth. Here is a link to read: http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html

Some of that matches their symptoms. Just looked and the affected ones legs seem to be swollen a little bit compared to the others Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[Eggcessive]

I just edited my post and added 2 mores links.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

And then will I ever be able to have more? Why would I have to cull the whole flock if only a few show symptoms?


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Because if one has it, it is likely the others do too. There are a lot of times that chickens are asymptotic for diseases. They could be a carrier and not be showing symptoms. Like I said- don't freak out until you know for sure. And I don't have an Anwser to your second question, I have never dealt with mareks before. It is just something I would look into as a possibility

 

[irtehun]

Went to TSC and got vitamins and got them started on them. Hopefully it fixes the problem and I don't have to cull them all


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[Eggcessive]

The swelling is also a sign of riboflavin deficiency--I will bore you with one more link: http://vet.sagepub.com/content/25/1/9.full.pdf