Chickendilly
In the Brooder
- Jun 9, 2025
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Hello!
New Chicken Mama! I have two eight-week-old silkies and another four 8-week old standards (EE, Welsummer, Spitzhauben). The one silkie is very small and seems unstable on her feet. She walks like she's top-heavy. She eats, she drinks, she happily pecks around, she keeps up with the other chicks, but she stumbles like she's drunk. She also tends to get knocked over by the bigger ones (not on purpose, they all seem to look out for her). She also sits to eat more than the others do.
They've only been outside in their run and coop since Friday, but this started about a week and a half ago. She seemed to improve when I added Rooster Booster to their water and started giving her Kaeco Selenium and Vitamin E Gel (trying to, she doesn't like it). But, then it stopped improving (but doesn't seem worse). Sometimes she makes it into the coop and up to the roosts (but sleeps in the poop tray underneath the others) and sometimes she is on the bottom of the coop by the ramp to roosts because she can't make it up so I move her.
I've uploaded two videos to YouTube so you can see what I mean.
What can I do for her?
New Chicken Mama! I have two eight-week-old silkies and another four 8-week old standards (EE, Welsummer, Spitzhauben). The one silkie is very small and seems unstable on her feet. She walks like she's top-heavy. She eats, she drinks, she happily pecks around, she keeps up with the other chicks, but she stumbles like she's drunk. She also tends to get knocked over by the bigger ones (not on purpose, they all seem to look out for her). She also sits to eat more than the others do.
They've only been outside in their run and coop since Friday, but this started about a week and a half ago. She seemed to improve when I added Rooster Booster to their water and started giving her Kaeco Selenium and Vitamin E Gel (trying to, she doesn't like it). But, then it stopped improving (but doesn't seem worse). Sometimes she makes it into the coop and up to the roosts (but sleeps in the poop tray underneath the others) and sometimes she is on the bottom of the coop by the ramp to roosts because she can't make it up so I move her.
I've uploaded two videos to YouTube so you can see what I mean.
What can I do for her?