Please help! 2.5 week old chick with swollen joints!

[Peep Talk]

I ordered an assortment of chicks from MPC and I have a chick that had a swollen foot/ankle on her left leg the beginning of this week and thought she might have gotten injured. Well this morning I noticed that she isn't walking nicely at all, and she now has a very swollen knee/hock joint on her right leg along with the swollen foot on the left leg! What is wrong with my baby? Do I need to completely separate her? Do I need to do the dreaded thing and put her down? Please let me know as I have 15 other chicks that she is currently with and I have 23 bantam chicks in another brooder but in the same room as her. Thank you in advance!

 

[Peep Talk]

Please help me with this chick...it's one of my light brahma chicks and she is the sweetest one! What could it be and what should I do to help her?

 

[pips&peeps]

Your chick was probably hatched that way. To my knowlege, there is nothing you can do for it.

 

[Peep Talk]

Really? It didn't start until this week.

I guess if she doesn't get any better, it's obvious what I will need to do.

Thank you!