Week old chick lifting leg

[April Barta]

Hi all. I have a chick I got last Wednesday and it’s about a week old. She has always been a little shy and not nearly as active as my other chicks. I think she got dehydrated so I pulled her out and gave her nutridrench and polyvisol with a dropper. She won’t eat chick starter from my hand or the ground but does eat scrambled eggs. Once I boost her up, she then will come out of the warming plate and try to eat a little and drink some water with ACV. But then goes back under and hides. I noticed yesterday she tends to lift up she right leg a little. And now this morning she’s much more hesitant to use it. She’ll actualky just cry and stand on one leg. Not sure what to do. Is there something else I can do? Thanks!

 

[Eggcessive]

Try sprinkling a few chick crumbles on some clean paper towel around her feet to get her pecking at them. Stop the egg for a while so she will start eating on her own. Take a picture or two of her standing. Sometimes they get an injury, but sometimes they can be suffering from a leg bone deformity or slipped tendon. Her pain may be making her more standoffish.

 

[Abriana]

I agree with the above poster. I hope you can do something for her!

 

[April Barta]

Here is a video of her. I'll try to feed her chick feed on a paper towel tonight along with the nutridrench and polyvisol again. Every time I try to let her live on her own, she doesn't seem to have the will to thrive. Without my intervention, I think she would just die under the brooder plate. But I cannot accept that!