production chickens

[cgjsmith]

Hey all my daughters class hatched out tyson chickens (what ever they use) I knew there was a chance of problems because well anything production is going to be a problem for a small hobby farm. I brought home two chicks one is groewing normal but fast the other seemed to ballon over night and its legs spradledI mean its so mig it can't get onits feet. I am giving them regulare chick feed and they are in with my other chicks. I don't know if I can fix it or if it needs to be culled. suggestions Crystal

 

[rhchick]

I am having the same problem. I only have one that has leg problems but the bigger issue is that I have no idea what type of birds I have on my hands. I have 21 birds that the 4th grade classes at my son's school hatched out. Some of the them are white with a hint of black in the feathers the others are all white. I haven't noticed any of them growing extremely fast over the others to indicate a fryer. I don't know what I have for sure.

I thought the one with the leg problems would never make it past the 4th day of life when we brought it home. We are now at 4 weeks and it is still getting to food and water daily by hopping on one leg. I am open for any suggestions.

 

[bangor777]

do a search for spraddle leg. It seems like a fairly easy home patch job with a bandaid. I'm sure some more experienced people will chime in. Good luck to you!

 

[LynneP]

I hope this helps. I haven't had to use it and I have production chicks. I collected it from this site when I was doing my research.

http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html