Sudden Spraddle leg??

Kerioki

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Hello. I have a 2 week old chick that's suddenly developed spraddle leg. Yesterday she was hopping around on one leg and I thought she slept poorly on it. I gave her some diluted nutri drench and isolated her from her mom and siblings. Now today it's both legs and she seems lethargic. She's eating her feed and drinking water as normal. Her appetite is fine. Her poo looks normal too. Solid brown and white. Not runny or weirdly coloured. But otherwise she's laying down unless her mom does the food call then she perks up. She's chirping along with her siblings as well. I'm going to get medical or electric tape in a few so I can try to hobble the legs. But before the spraddle leg she had a habit of being a loner unless her mom called and when she was active she would run in circles. Just round and round. My question is could the running in circles and spraddle leg be symptoms of a larger neurological problem? She was the last to hatch and she seemed healthy until now. She doesn't seem to be in pain either.
 
Hello. I have a 2 week old chick that's suddenly developed spraddle leg. Yesterday she was hopping around on one leg and I thought she slept poorly on it. I gave her some diluted nutri drench and isolated her from her mom and siblings. Now today it's both legs and she seems lethargic. She's eating her feed and drinking water as normal. Her appetite is fine. Her poo looks normal too. Solid brown and white. Not runny or weirdly coloured. But otherwise she's laying down unless her mom does the food call then she perks up. She's chirping along with her siblings as well. I'm going to get medical or electric tape in a few so I can try to hobble the legs. But before the spraddle leg she had a habit of being a loner unless her mom called and when she was active she would run in circles. Just round and round. My question is could the running in circles and spraddle leg be symptoms of a larger neurological problem? She was the last to hatch and she seemed healthy until now. She doesn't seem to be in pain either.
Pictures are always helpful?
 
Pictures are always helpful?
Ok this is her when I put a little feed into her box. She's eating quite robustly. She just can't stand :( IMG_20250927_143613.jpg IMG_20250927_143613.jpg IMG_20250927_143633.jpg
 

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What's their diet? Not Spraddle Leg. Spraddle legs effect newly hatched chicks.
They eat a regular chick starter with corn. I ordered a medicated one through amazon but that won't be here until next week. Other than that they peck around with their mother and eat scraps like bread and they've started to catch bugs. All of her siblings are healthy and active.
 

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