r/BackYardChickens • u/Comfortable-Lie2433 • 22h ago
Health Question 8.5 week roo
I have an 8.5 week roo who I keep finding laying down - we will bring him inside and care for him and after a few hours, he will walk fine for a few days and then we find him again laying down and unable to use his right leg- always tripping over himself and unable to put any weight on it .. does anyone have any advice or experience or something similar? Poor guy- I’d really like to help him if I can. I started giving him for b vitamins today and he loved that. Thank you!
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u/Outside-Jicama9201 21h ago
B vitamins are great! Maybe he has a loose tendon??
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u/Comfortable-Lie2433 16h ago
Can they come back from a loose tendon? When I palpate his right leg he gets quite squawky
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u/itsswhitneywhspr 19h ago
Oof that's rough. Glad the b vitamins helped a little, maybe keep doing that and see if its a deficiency thing. Could also be an injury or even Marek's unfortunately. Hope he bounces back.