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Date Posted: 12:39:15 04/07/12 Sat
Author: D C T friendly poultry orthopedist
Subject: Re: 2 week old chick now cannot walk
In reply to: Vikki Bilbey 's message, "2 week old chick now cannot walk" on 05:28:12 04/07/12 Sat

It would unusual for a two week old chick to pop an
Achilles tendon out of place. The main time for that to
occur is when the chick has popped off the big end of
the eggshell and is trying to kick off the other end of
the shell. Or there can be injury from being stepped on.
There is the remote chance that the tibia is twisting but
I strongly suspect botulism which is a common cause of
weakness in very young poultry. Some die. Some have a
staggering spell, seem to recover, and then get worse.
Another symptom of botulism (not always present) is
spasms of neck twisting sometimes crying out in pain.
Have been told by poulty lab doctors that eating an
infected maggot causes this BUT I have seen it happen
when NO maggots or their parents the flies were there.
Feed that gets wet in hot weather can produce the botulism
toxin (yes, this IS the same stuff that is injected in
people to cure wrinkles--but I will keep my wrinkles)
----You can try emailing me a photo or two of your chick
showing me how it stands and a view of the legs from
behind. Or hold chick on its back to photograph the leg
joints.
Some years ago I had a cockerel that was with his mother
and other chicks. He went down with botulism and really
was a "basket case" because I kept him in a basket thickly
padded with sponge for at least six weeks having to hold
him and hand feed him every day until as the hormones of
puberty arrived his neck staightened out and his balance
returned. Note that his brothers and sisters did NOT get
sick at all.

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