- Jun 25, 2015
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Hi,
I always send my chicken friends to this wonderful site--what a blessing BYC is to so many fowl and owners!
It's way hot here in AZ, and chickens can have a rough go. Hi,
It's been 113 degrees plus here in AZ, so I've been bringing in chicks as they hatch from their first-time mother after a couple of mishaps. One of the 3 day old chicks has a slight splay I THINK, and can't stand or walk. When I try to hold her to feed her, she sways her head from extreme left to right, kind of dizzy like. She's getting better at her aim and now can peck out the clods of baby parrot food I show her. As I'm trying to do the different poultry physical therapies I'm reading about in Backyard Chickens, she will suddenly sort of loose control neurologically. I'm not sure if she's just trying so hard she goes into overload? Is it normal for splay legged chicks to sort of loose their equilibrium, or does she have another problem going on besides the splay?
I'm trying the band aid method, but am thinking about switching to the rubber band and straw hobbles. She's a tiny little thing, I wish I had more experience, scared to hurt her, but don't want to quit on her either.
Any help appreciated. Please tell me if splay chicks normally have equilibrium probe too.
I'm so grateful that there's help out there for ppl like me that want to help these little guys, again, thank you! I'm trying not to get discouraged!
I always send my chicken friends to this wonderful site--what a blessing BYC is to so many fowl and owners!
It's way hot here in AZ, and chickens can have a rough go. Hi,
It's been 113 degrees plus here in AZ, so I've been bringing in chicks as they hatch from their first-time mother after a couple of mishaps. One of the 3 day old chicks has a slight splay I THINK, and can't stand or walk. When I try to hold her to feed her, she sways her head from extreme left to right, kind of dizzy like. She's getting better at her aim and now can peck out the clods of baby parrot food I show her. As I'm trying to do the different poultry physical therapies I'm reading about in Backyard Chickens, she will suddenly sort of loose control neurologically. I'm not sure if she's just trying so hard she goes into overload? Is it normal for splay legged chicks to sort of loose their equilibrium, or does she have another problem going on besides the splay?
I'm trying the band aid method, but am thinking about switching to the rubber band and straw hobbles. She's a tiny little thing, I wish I had more experience, scared to hurt her, but don't want to quit on her either.
Any help appreciated. Please tell me if splay chicks normally have equilibrium probe too.
I'm so grateful that there's help out there for ppl like me that want to help these little guys, again, thank you! I'm trying not to get discouraged!
I agree with Drumstick Diva.
