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Wobbly chick falling over

 
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So I got new chicks in the mail today, yay!! One is having some difficulty standing, seems wobbly and easily falls over, boo!! She's two days old. Looking her over, to me her legs seem a little splayed out compared to the others. Do y'all think this could be spraddle leg, and do you know if spraddle leg causes wobbly & falling over symptoms?



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Probably needs some vitamins, ASAP.  Shipped chicks do well to get electrolyte water upon arrival, they're growing rapidly and being in the mail for a couple days takes a lot out of their little bodies.  Usually chicks arrive having never eaten food before.  Both splay leg and general failure to thrive can be remedied with a nutritional boost

I hope it makes it, go little chickie!
 
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Funny you mention vitamins. For the first time ever, I made a chick vitamin & electrolyte impulse purchase when I was placing my order last fall. It was a couple bucks and I figured why not. Their first drink out of the shipping box this morning was just water. I knew they'd be dehydrated and thirsty and in the past when I get chicks through the mail they stay by the water for a minute taking several drinks before they do anything else. I figured just water is what their little bodies needed, then after their first drink I gave them put the vitamins in their water and they've had that since.
 
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