We hatched 12 in our incubator where they stayed for a full day then yesterday we moved them to the brooder. One we thought at first was splay legged but was up walking around perfectly once it was dried and ready to go to the brooder so I'm no longer worried about that one. This other one though, looks normal, doesn't appear splayed based on all the photos and videos I've seen so far but maybe I'm wrong, it never fully stands up. It moves around and is active when all the others are active. It eats and drinks on its own as often as it should. It's not "whiney" or extra noisy as if it were in distress. It just doesn't fully stand up to walk and uses its wings a lot for balancing when it does waddle around to keep itself from falling too much to one side or the other. For the most part when it's in motion, it HOPS like a frog instead of trying to walk. We've been giving it NutriDrench to see if that helps and to a slight degree it does seem to be getting somewhat stronger but not by much. Is there anything else we can do to help this baby walk instead of crawling and hopping? Attempting to attach photos and video. This is pretty much my 1st post though so I'm not sure if video is an option for uploading.... Video would not upload. (Chick is a barnyard mix, fathered by either the Brahma or the Silkie, mom could be any number of about 6 other breeds.)
Edit to add YouTube link of video, hoping it works
Edit to add YouTube link of video, hoping it works
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