Rolly baby chick...

[coupelesschics]

Hello everyone!! I had one of my chicks hatch about 26 hrs ago. All was good! She was doing normal bulldozing eggs in the incubator. This morning she can't walk. Het legs don't look splayed and there's no toe curling. She will stand a lol bit with help, otherwise shr falls to het side legs stretched out. Any ideas?

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

No ideas besides checking the typical things...look for pastey butt, feed some egg yolk and electeolytes, etc and see if she bounces back?

 

[SulkyBantam]

What is the bedding?

 

[coupelesschics]

What is the bedding?

I can't remember....its what the vet told me to use. Not pine

 

[coupelesschics]

No ideas besides checking the typical things...look for pastey butt, feed some egg yolk and electeolytes, etc and see if she bounces back?

Like hard boiled egg yolk? I usually do that but have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off ((no pun intended). I gave it nutri drench.

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

Yup, mashed up hard boiled egg yolk. You could add a little water too if you're worried about them being dehydrated.

I also have found mixing the chick crumbles with water so it's an oatmeal consistency helped my "runt" chick gain some weight and all my chicks get past their pastey butt phase faster. So I'd recommend that just in general for all of them.

 

[coupelesschics]

Yup, mashed up hard boiled egg yolk. You could add a little water too if you're worried about them being dehydrated.

I also have found mixing the chick crumbles with water so it's an oatmeal consistency helped my "runt" chick gain some weight and all my chicks get past their pastey butt phase faster. So I'd recommend that just in general for all of them.

Thanks I will try that!!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Could the material be too slick? For example newspaper?

 

[coupelesschics]

Could the material be too slick? For example newspaper?

In the incubatorit was hardware cloth so definitely not slippery. I think it might be splayed leg.

 

[coupelesschics]

OK. So I've been researching and I don't think it's splayed leg. I think it's a tendon. He always wants to be on his side. I just can't pin point it exactly. I will see if I can do a video. I do have him wrapped for splayed leg but I was thinking maybe it's just on one leg. If it's a tendon do I need to keep him off of it?