After doing more reading and watching videos online, she's wondering if the chick may also be spraddle-legged. With that condition, the legs don't align properly with one (or both) splaying outward. Given this chick may not survive and isn't walking much/at all, I guess it could help her develop and get her walking more. She is still trying to eat and drink so it's not a completely lost cause with her.
According to poultrydvm.com here are causes for this condition:
- Temperature and/or humidity fluctuations during incubation
- Hatch temperatures were too high or low
- Improper floor surfaces: chicks raised on slippery floors can have improperly developed muscles
- This is not the case with us. We have a ~1" thick layer of shavings at the bottom of the brooder on top of a double layer of paper towels.
- Inadequate diet from breeders: diets for laying don't provide enough nutrients leading to malformations and Vitamin B deficiencies
In the course of her reading, she's also found that there tend to be correlations between chicks with spraddle-leg and those with the curled toes. I think that we have a chick with a Vitamin B deficiency.
So.........to address it we need to increase Vitamin B as well as splint the legs for spraddle leg.
Splinting: check.
As you can see above, this chick is wondering what other absurdities we're going to apply next.
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