wobbly weak legs, falling over, why??

[zenstarling]

I would look into botulism. It's very possible the lowest in the pecking order might have to eat less desirable decayed food. I think if it were starvation, they'd pick up very quickly with what you are feeding them. Botulism with chickens the legs get wobbly and they kind of flap about. I had turkeys poults get a deficiency that caused a similar weak behavior but I was using way too much commercial feed. It sounds like your chickens are extremely well-fed so it's unlikely l they are suffering from starvation or deficiency unless you routinely run out of food in the coop. I have much lower ranking chickens living with bigger birds that just eat when the bigger birds get busy elsewhere. However, like the others said, feeding in different locations is always a good idea, especially in a small coop.

Thanks for this. What is the protocol for botulism?