SheppFamilyFlock
In the Brooder
- Sep 3, 2023
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I have an 8 week old chick who was starting to show some signs of leg paralysis a few days ago. I think it's a vitamin deficiency.. the bird is not showing any other signs of Marek's which was what I was most worried about.
The only poultry vitamins I was able to find at my local farm store were Poul-Vite, and the only dosage information I was able to find is to dissolve the whole package in 180L of water, or 1 g in 1.8L of water, for supplementary vitamins. Poultry Cell seemed to be unavailable for me on Amazon.
Is that the dosage I should use for this one chick? Even as a more intensive treatment? I don't want to overdose the thing but I want to make sure I'm giving it enough to hopefully reverse the paralysis.
Since Tuesday her legs have gotten worse. Is there anything else I should be looking out for? Any other treatments I can try? I am having to hand water it, it will eat from a dish placed right in front of it but won't seem to drink out of the waterer, I have to use a small syringe type bottle to squirt water into its beak. She was walking on her hocks on Tuesday morning when I removed her from the flock, and now her legs are vertical split and she seems to be unable to even crawl.
Thank you!
The only poultry vitamins I was able to find at my local farm store were Poul-Vite, and the only dosage information I was able to find is to dissolve the whole package in 180L of water, or 1 g in 1.8L of water, for supplementary vitamins. Poultry Cell seemed to be unavailable for me on Amazon.
Is that the dosage I should use for this one chick? Even as a more intensive treatment? I don't want to overdose the thing but I want to make sure I'm giving it enough to hopefully reverse the paralysis.
Since Tuesday her legs have gotten worse. Is there anything else I should be looking out for? Any other treatments I can try? I am having to hand water it, it will eat from a dish placed right in front of it but won't seem to drink out of the waterer, I have to use a small syringe type bottle to squirt water into its beak. She was walking on her hocks on Tuesday morning when I removed her from the flock, and now her legs are vertical split and she seems to be unable to even crawl.
Thank you!