Limpy the chick - Update

There was a concern that the limping chick  might have Mareks Disease .
if so , that would have been bad news - its a virus that kills young poultry and could have effectively wiped out most of the flock.
But we have been watching him and the limp hasnt been getting worse  and he, or any of the others, haven't developed any of te other signs of infection .
We couldnt see any problem when we looked at his foot.
So we think it must just have been that he got trampled on , or got his foot stuck in  something

Anyway , limpy the chick is improving

Limpy the Chick

The first lot of chicks, born a few weeks ago , over a couple of days  are still in a run  to protect them from predators















But one of them  has developed a limp - hence limpy the chick. 

 

weve left him in with the hen and the others - he gets trampled on from time to time, but looks like he can still get about to feed, so we shall wait and see what happens.

there isnt much we can do to improve his chances , so he stays where he is .