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Date Posted: 19:40:51 04/23/12 Mon
Author: Teepov (sad and scared)
Subject: Chick with sudden trouble walking

I have a Welsummer that was bought this past Saturday and is about a week and a half old. She seemed okay yesterday (that is to say I didn't notice anything), but today she can hardly walk. When she does attempt it, she limps heavily on her right leg, and hobbles so badly that she often looses her balance and must use her wings to hold herself up. She is still getting herself to the feeder and eats hungrily. I haven't seen her drink very much... As standing seems to cause her discomfort, i put a special dish in the brooder close to the ground so she could be laying down and eat easily.
She does stretch her legs a lot, both of them. She also has been preening a lot. Mostly, though, she spends her time laying down...

I thought it might be botulism, but I haven't seen any other signs that point to that... also, there's already antibiotics in their water and the feed is medicated. Is she sick or injured? What should I do?

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Replies:

Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopedist, 22:38:52 04/23/12 Mon
- Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov, 23:13:09 04/23/12 Mon
  - Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopedist, 08:20:28 04/24/12 Tue
    - Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov, 21:04:05 04/24/12 Tue
      - Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopedist, 22:25:57 04/24/12 Tue
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov, 23:13:17 04/24/12 Tue
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopdist, 10:49:01 04/25/12 Wed
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov (frustrated with her email!), 22:27:23 04/25/12 Wed
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov, 22:28:48 04/25/12 Wed
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov (hopeful!), 22:45:42 04/25/12 Wed
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopedist, 11:47:11 04/26/12 Thu
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov, 21:54:36 04/26/12 Thu
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopedist, 08:59:16 04/27/12 Fri
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- Teepov, 22:21:50 04/27/12 Fri
        Re: Chick with sudden trouble walking -- D C T friendly poultry orthopedist, 07:59:36 04/28/12 Sat

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