Turkey chick can’t walk,

[Misfits Farm 92]

I once had a chicken chick that was like that I googled what was wrong with it. It had a vitamin deficiency. sadly it did not live even though we gave it vitamins

 

[R2elk]

Hi I took chick out this morning and it just fell forward and has legs still behind it .my wife thinks I am fighting a losing battle,But it still eats and drinks ok at the moment so I will carry on with the chick, do you think I should put it back in glass today, I have took it out at the moment it’s just gone to sleep,legs are still strong as it still can nearly jump out off my hand when holding it,

Yes you should keep it in the glass until it learns to use its legs. If you had started sooner with the "cup" treatment, it would probably be fine by now. The longer it went without treatment, the longer it will take for the legs to "learn" their proper position.

Late this summer, I had a turkey hen hatch 10 eggs in a not well hidden nest. I moved her, her poults and the remaining 5 unhatched eggs into a confined area for protection. The next day one more of the eggs hatched but unfortunately one of the poults got stepped on leaving a total of ten poults. Later that day she abandoned her nest scattering the last 4 eggs. I gathered them up to dispose them. The first egg that I tossed cracked open and had two dangling moving legs hanging out.

I candled the remaining 3 eggs, one had an internal pip, one was infertile and one was rotten. I put the good egg in the hatcher, tossed the two bad eggs and retrieved the still kicking broken egg. When I looked closely, I could see that the yolk had been absorbed so I peeled the poult out of the shell and put it in the hatcher. It immediately flipped over onto its back with its legs stretched out behind it and could not get turned over or stand up.

I put it in a container where it could sit upright in the hatcher. From time to time it would manage to tip the container over and escape. Each time I returned it to the container. The next day, the other egg hatched on its own. That poult was fine. The one without proper leg control was still escaping and still not well enough to use its legs properly. I managed to use a deeper container and propped it up better to help keep it in the container for longer periods of time.

At one point, I became concerned that the second poult had also developed leg problems when I found one poult laying on its back with outstretched legs but there was still a poult in the container. Turned out that the poult with the bad legs had escaped the container and the poult that was fine had crawled into the container.

The next morning I saw that the container was empty again but this time I also saw two poults standing and walking around in the hatcher. I could tell which was the one with bad legs because it was wobbling a little when it walked. After several hours, I put them in with guinea keets in a brooder. The keets quickly taught them to eat and drink.

The next day I gave both of the poults to their mother and her brood of ten. They were immediately accepted. The hen did a very good job of raising her 12 poults.

It may take several more days of the "cup" treatment to get your poult controlling and using its legs properly.

Good luck.

 

[Andymeaker]

Yes you should keep it in the glass until it learns to use its legs. If you had started sooner with the "cup" treatment, it would probably be fine by now. The longer it went without treatment, the longer it will take for the legs to "learn" their proper position.

Late this summer, I had a turkey hen hatch 10 eggs in a not well hidden nest. I moved her, her poults and the remaining 5 unhatched eggs into a confined area for protection. The next day one more of the eggs hatched but unfortunately one of the poults got stepped on leaving a total of ten poults. Later that day she abandoned her nest scattering the last 4 eggs. I gathered them up to dispose them. The first egg that I tossed cracked open and had two dangling moving legs hanging out.

I candled the remaining 3 eggs, one had an internal pip, one was infertile and one was rotten. I put the good egg in the hatcher, tossed the two bad eggs and retrieved the still kicking broken egg. When I looked closely, I could see that the yolk had been absorbed so I peeled the poult out of the shell and put it in the hatcher. It immediately flipped over onto its back with its legs stretched out behind it and could not get turned over or stand up.

I put it in a container where it could sit upright in the hatcher. From time to time it would manage to tip the container over and escape. Each time I returned it to the container. The next day, the other egg hatched on its own. That poult was fine. The one without proper leg control was still escaping and still not well enough to use its legs properly. I managed to use a deeper container and propped it up better to help keep it in the container for longer periods of time.

At one point, I became concerned that the second poult had also developed leg problems when I found one poult laying on its back with outstretched legs but there was still a poult in the container. Turned out that the poult with the bad legs had escaped the container and the poult that was fine had crawled into the container.

The next morning I saw that the container was empty again but this time I also saw two poults standing and walking around in the hatcher. I could tell which was the one with bad legs because it was wobbling a little when it walked. After several hours, I put them in with guinea keets in a brooder. The keets quickly taught them to eat and drink.

The next day I gave both of the poults to their mother and her brood of ten. They were immediately accepted. The hen did a very good job of raising her 12 poults.

It may take several more days of the "cup" treatment to get your poult controlling and using its legs properly.

Good luck.

You have just explained exactly want had happened to are chick,the first one hatched on 28th day and I had no more,I checked the rest off the eggs 3 to 4 times a day, I left them for 36 days in the end ,then decided to throw the rest off the eggs away and clean incubator ready for after Xmas,I picked the eggs up and heard chirping,and saw a small triangle hole in the side,put it back and waited,nothing happened so I had to give it a hand ,it come out exactly how yours did ,the container I put it in has it got to be able to see out,as I had it head hight and it keeps getting out using its wings,
Thanks for information I feel a bit relieved that they can be fixed
Many thanks
Andy

 

[Andymeaker]

Hi I took chick out this morning and it just fell faward and has legs still behind it .my wife thinks I am fighting a losing battle,But it still eats and drinks ok at the moment so I will carry on with the chick, do you think I should put it back in glass today, I have took it out at the moment it’s just gone to sleep,legs are still strong as it still can nearly jump out off my hand when holding it,[/QUOTE

 

[Slothchic]

I have a turkey baby that is almost 2 weeks old. He is eating drinking and moving around but a couple days ago can't walk or stand. But otherwise fine. Help

 

[R2elk]

I have a turkey baby that is almost 2 weeks old. He is eating drinking and moving around but a couple days ago can't walk or stand. But otherwise fine. Help

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