What is going on with my chick

[junior67]

Here is the background post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-close-squishy-crop-7-week-old-chick.1470998/

I didn't add onto this since her crop went down and wasn't squishy at all after a bit over 12 hrs with out food. I let her out of the coop to eat and drink and run with the rest and while she was eating her crop wasn't huge and wasn't really squishy do don't think that is the problem.

I will try to post a picture and possibly get a video up. But I am wondering if maybe a riboflavin vitamin deficiency? or coccidiosis (sp?)? She can still run and will go in phases where she walks fine (I was trying to video her falling over and she kept walking fine!) but then will have times she is bad and falls over often. I sat in the run with them a TON today to watch her. It seemed like it may have been a leg that was the problem. so I picked her up to check her legs and noticed when I did her left toes curled while her right ones stayed out straight. After noticing that we would notice after she stumbled her toes would curl so wondering if they curl a bit and that is what makes her stumble? Looking that up points to a riboflavin (B-2) deficiency...... I did get some poultry booster that has B-2 in it. I have her inside in the brooder crate tonight with puppy pads so I can see what her poop looks like.

Just wondering if anyone else has any ideas or where I should start to treat her? I asked someone I met on FB that has chickens and lives in my town and she said not to give any extra vitamins or anything until I knew what was wrong. I figured the boost couldn't hurt....... What do the experts here think? I am a new chicken owner so I could be way off with thinking they won't hurt.

 

[junior67]

See her toes? Her legs both felt the same to me when feeling them both

 

[junior67]

just wanted to update if anyone else had the same problem.

I have been giving Vit B complex, egg yolks, and nutritional yeast. I started them on Friday but couldn't get her to take much. Yesterday I got her to take a good dose of the Vit and again today. She seemed to be a bit better today so hopefully I am on the right track with what was wrong and what to do.

 

[junior67]

Sunday and today haven't been good. She is stumbling even more. She can barely stand up without leaning and tipping backwards. I did have her with the flock since the day I brought her in she didn't really eat or drink and when I brought her back out with them she ate and drank a ton. But she could get around better then. But thinking I may have to bring her in and use a sling with food and water close by. If I try giving her the vitamins in liquid form she won't take them. I did crush up a b complex pill,well a half, and put it on an egg yolk and think she got some of it but not all as some fell to the bottom. Not sure what else to do at this point. She eats but not sure if as much as she should be same with drinking.