stress?

[Elaine Hope]

alright, I just got back from vacation, and I got my neighbours to look after one of my younger chickens for the week. I went to pick him up today, and I carried him home. when I got back I put him down so that I could set up his cage, he was all wobbly he couldn't balance! I know when they pant like a dog (he was doing that to), they are stressed, but is the wobbliness also a sing of stress!?!?!
he also grew a lot, in that week. could he have grown too fast

 

[Twistedfeather]

Do you know what breed?

 

[Elaine Hope]

no, well not really. I hatched him, I do (kind of) know the breed of the parents but I'm not entirely sure. the mother I believe is Black Pearl, and the father I think is a Black Pearl/meat chicken cross

Does that help?

 

[Twistedfeather]

I was wondering if it was a meat bird because they tend to do that more and sometimes meat breeds have trouble holding their weight

 

[seminolewind]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/3569/have-an-emergency-disease-please-read-first/0_50

If you answer these questions people will have a better idea of what it could be.

 

[Elaine Hope]

he does have some meat breed in him.