Splayed Legs or Vitamin Deficiency?

[machoman]

One of my three week old cornish cross chicks has what appears to be splayed legs, and I'm embarrassed to say I don't know if she had it when she arrived. That being said, I split an order of 26 with a girl and she only has 6 left. She said hers gradually stopped being able to stand, then walk, and then died. So, I'm not ruling out a vitamin deficiency. I have polyvisol drops on hand am wondering the dose for one gallon of water?

Thanks!

 

[SteveBaz]

there is a post right now going on about it and do a search or just go to the treatment site up to you here it is> http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

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The correct dosage for polyvistol is 1ml of polyvistol to one quart of water. Or you can just put a few drops in his beak a couple times a day. If he has splayed legs, you may want to use a bandaid to hold its legs together. I have heard nothing but good things about this method. What are you using for bedding? Be sure you don't use newspaper as newspaper's ink tends to be slippery and will often times cause leg problems in chicks. Be sure the chick is eating and drinking well. And he isn't getting trampled by his hatch mates. It may not be a bad dea to seperate him from the others and make him his own little hospital box. Just be sure he is kept at the right temp (if he is a newborn, he will need to be kept at 90-95 degrees). And he has access to food and water at all times.

Good Luck with him!

 

[Tilly's Nest]

Hi there!

Poor little one

It is easy to add a powdered vitamin and electrolyte solution to the chttp://www.tillysnest.com/2011/03/splayed-leg.htmlhick's water supply. Any feed store should have it. That should help. As for the splayed leg, here is a post that might be helpful.


http://www.tillysnest.com/2011/03/splayed-leg.html

Good luck!