Please help

[Jeff Gillis]

How much brewers yeast are you giving?

Are they swollen at the bend? might want to try some warm water soaks you can put some Epsom salt in for inflammation but don't let him drink it is also a laxative. Just swimming around in some warm water may help get some strength into those legs. Has he always been like this?

One spoon per cup of yeast and for a few days it's been like this

 

[Jeff Gillis]

They don't appear to be twisted from that angle

He can stand for like 5 seconds and then has to sit back down

 

[gal5150]

How long have you had them and have they been getting the BY from day one? If the legs were initially normal and this has been happening for the past few days, general deformity seems a safe rule out. My WH girl had a brief few days of going lame at one point when she was a little....she needed more BY then her significantly smaller Cayuga hatchmate. I seem to recall a thread somewhere in here about WH being particularly niacin deficient.....I toss this out there just to say Pekin are large birds so it's requirements may be higher than the average bird. If a boost in niacin is the ticket you can see improvement in just a few days.

 

[Miss Lydia]

So you just started the yeast[brewers or nutritional] when this started? if that is the case more than likely it's niacin def so be sure to give 1 Tab per cup of feed, swim time in warm water with supervision and rest.

 

[Jeff Gillis]

So you just started the yeast[brewers or nutritional] when this started? if that is the case more than likely it's niacin def so be sure to give 1 Tab per cup of feed, swim time in warm water with supervision and rest.

Ok thank u so much they have been swimming almost every day now

 

[Jeff Gillis]

How long have you had them and have they been getting the BY from day one? If the legs were initially normal and this has been happening for the past few days, general deformity seems a safe rule out. My WH girl had a brief few days of going lame at one point when she was a little....she needed more BY then her significantly smaller Cayuga hatchmate. I seem to recall a thread somewhere in here about WH being particularly niacin deficient.....I toss this out there just to say Pekin are large birds so it's requirements may be higher than the average bird. If a boost in niacin is the ticket you can see improvement in just a few days.

Thank you it started when he was 8 days old and we started giving him Brewers yeast the day after and he has been getting a bit better every day

 

[Emmaxx]

@Miss Lydia is that 1 table spoon per cup, being 8 fluid ounces in volume? (British member here and we don't generally work in 'cups' as the Americans do, but this is what I've concluded from trying to convert baking recipes etc) x

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yes you got it!! @Emmaxx

So your noticing improvement ? @Jeff Gillis ,That is awesome

 

[Emmaxx]

Thank you! sorry for jumping in Jeff x

 

[Jeff Gillis]

Yes you got it!! @Emmaxx

So your noticing improvement ? @Jeff Gillis ,That is awesome

How long do u think it will take for a full recovery @Miss Lydia