She needs b complex, vitamins, and minerals. MSU's recommendation to me for downed chickens is to crush a b complex tablet and 6,8-10 children's vitamins with minerals, (minerals for selenium and other minerals),mix with a bit of sugar, dissolve/mix in little bit water, hand feed drops,use the rest in a quart water dish (from a nutrient deficiency caused by putrina feed mycotoxin poisoning when they cleaned their factory equipment and packed it in their fresh feed). Check the dates on your feed. Feed ideally should never be more than 4-6 weeks old, especially feed made in the summer. Nutrients break down. Have to treat asap. Time is not on the chick's side to avoid permanent damage. It's always a good idea to have poultry vitamins on hand and use them for chicks. I like Kent brand, they have a nice mix of bo complex. There are many good brands of poultry vitamins out there. Vitamins are a staple first aid item in your supplies.
Cathryn rainbowsilkies(TM) Michigan
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Monkey Problems <monkie.problem@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Last while checking my brooder I found one of my 5 week old buff
> orpington pullets
> was down with some the others on top of her. I picked her up and she was
> holding one leg close. I brought her inside and place her in a box by
> herself. She was twitching a bit, I gave her chicksaver and some food in
> her box, once she had taken a little of both I introduced my 2 newest 6 day
> old buff orpingtons to her, they were very sweet to each other, eventually
> piling together for the night. She is holding her leg close, her claw seems
> to have no flexing power, and she hops around holding it close to her body.
> Not sure what else I can do, she is still taking food and water and her
> condition seems to be stable.
>
> I have attached 2 recent photos....
>
> here's a close up of her foot
> [image: Inline image 1]
> Mahalo
> Scott
> - Keaau HI
> http://monkeyproblems.com/ (Raising Chickens and creating websites that
> are found)
>
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