Turkey Chick with Shaky legs and Unstability

[Chickissues]

Hello, I was wondering if anybody knows any solutions. My roughly 6 week old turkey chick isn't able to walk anymore. It seemed pretty sudden and whenever it is placed on the ground it ends up on its side kicking. Lately I have noticed more kicking and shaking in its legs. It seems to be stemming from the hips. Otherwise he is completely alert he just cant move on his own. He is on turkey and chicken starter since they are mixed in the pen. There are other birds in the pen and nobody else is experiencing this at the moment. I don't know what to do and hate to say it but if it doesn't improve we might have to get rid of it. Please help me find a solution or diagnosis of some kind so I can know I did everything that I could to help him. (His name is Don)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

I'm sorry to hear about Don.

Can you post photos of him?
A video of his actions may be helpful - upload video to YouTube and provide a link.

What do you feed Don?

Hopefully with more information and photos/video, we can offer some suggestions.

I'll tag in some Turkey folks too

@Huntmaster @R2elk @casportpony

 

[Cockadoodie]

Hello, I was wondering if anybody knows any solutions. My roughly 6 week old turkey chick isn't able to walk anymore. It seemed pretty sudden and whenever it is placed on the ground it ends up on its side kicking. Lately I have noticed more kicking and shaking in its legs. It seems to be stemming from the hips. Otherwise he is completely alert he just cant move on his own. He is on turkey and chicken starter since they are mixed in the pen. There are other birds in the pen and nobody else is experiencing this at the moment. I don't know what to do and hate to say it but if it doesn't improve we might have to get rid of it. Please help me find a solution or diagnosis of some kind so I can know I did everything that I could to help him. (His name is Don)

Sorry to hear your Don's legs aren't working! My turkey chick has one leg broken. I've tried everything but nothing fixed it? How long can they really live like this? Are we making life worse or better for them? I just don't know?

 

[Cockadoodie]

Sorry to hear your Don's legs aren't working! My turkey chick has one leg broken. I've tried everything but nothing fixed it? How long can they really live like this? Are we making life worse or better for them? I just don't know?

My efforts.. he doesn't get picked on with his cast. So that's a plus.