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Date Posted: 19:23:13 07/10/12 Tue
Author: Liz (Concerned)
Subject: 8 week old chicks - one leg rotates

Hello,
I hope you can provide some guidance. I have two 8 week old Icelandic chicks that I hatched in an incubator. About two weeks ago the rooster started limping and then I noticed a swollen hock. It got so bad that the leg now completley rotates so it looks like he is walking backwards on one leg. I took him to the vet, who said it was because of a Magnesium deficiency on the mother hen that was passed on and there was nothing I could do. If I taped the joint it would put pressure on the hip. She said he should adjust.He drops his wings to balance himself, but, other than that he is fiesty and holds his own. Problem #2, his sister has a little periosis of the spine. She sometimes just falls down and cannot get up. IfI massage her spine it helps. Again the vet said there was no vitamin or anything I could do. What do you think? Thank you so much.

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