@skylerhomesteader: We would love anyone’s input if you have experienced this before! We learned every day and I’m looking for insight on ways we can improve. ##meatbirds##chickens##pastureraised##regenerativefarming##homesteading
vitamins or over crowding possibly id pick its a vitamin deficency
2026-11-06 18:05:13
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user.tobbe :
It could be mareks disease! (MDV) its a paralysis, caused by a herpes virus, its really contagious to the rest of the herd! It can also be a lack of vitamin D or calcium! Try to give them vitamins and if it isnt fixed, it might unfortunetly be MDV, have Never gotten it in our herd, but i dont know what to do then, maybe they all need to be processed….🙁 But if they are fine the day after I have no idea…
2026-11-06 16:13:05
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Claire Bellamy :
Common problem with the breed they grown so fast legs can’t keep up
2026-11-06 17:59:17
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Eggsarus Acres :
I’d get them tested for mareks :(
2026-11-06 17:07:43
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Sup dude’s ✌️ :
There just bread to be fat and have the most meat so sometimes they can just get to fat there legs can’t handle it
2026-11-06 16:54:21
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Traci :
I had broilers do this. one day they were fine then the next couldn't walk then they started dying
2026-11-06 17:35:42
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golden :
Thts normal sometimes my legs also do tht
2026-11-06 19:31:00
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Robert :
They have grown so fast that they cannot carry their own weight.
2026-11-06 20:13:00
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Austyn :
Nothing you are doing wrong, it happens in broilers. That’s why many have been trying other breeds. It’s poor genetics. Bred to stay in cages and never move.
2026-11-06 16:45:50
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Naturally Green Farm :
I’ve experienced this before and to my understanding it is an issue with the Cornish where the body weight grows more quickly than their legs can handle. Never happened to any other breeds we have raised and that includes the alternative meat chicken, the freedom ranger.
2026-11-06 18:52:26
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Lexi Love :
just give them a high mineral and vitamin water , and do the pipe cleaner around there legs , this is how I fixed mine that had this issue, takes about 4 days to get back to normal
2026-11-06 17:54:43
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Spankyal8ter :
Maybe u have to many birds in such a small space
2026-11-07 03:15:20
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BenRomeroLakelandRealtor :
I don’t know anything lol, but I do remember the green tomatoes and the comments saying it was bad. Maybe could be that
2026-11-06 15:55:36
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Howie :
Broilers are bred for 6 week egg to freezer , yours are ready to butcher
2026-11-07 04:09:09
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rybak:) :
Maybe not Enough calcium ?
2026-11-06 16:10:46
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Davies B Mwelwa :
i had my chickens die in huge numbers because of this
2026-11-14 05:50:59
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Steve Peters :
My first thought would be genetics and I try other sellers of chicks
2026-11-06 16:27:32
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Saving grace :
Maybe it’s just from when you move their enclosure around the pasture? They get their legs accidentally caught sometimes….thats what I think when I see you move it right🤷♀️
2026-11-06 21:33:05
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Brandymoonray :
nope it's a growth hormone. I think it's in feed? or it might be that breed I can't remember but the best way to make it stop is to stop breeding them.
2026-11-06 21:28:45
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Graeme :
That’s from the feed lacking calcium and vitamin D3.
2026-11-08 02:37:21
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jashe :
I think its literally just to do with their genetics they grow so fast so quick that their bones and body quite literally just break
2026-11-07 09:05:36
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monique6271 :
do they need more room to wonder?
stretch their legs
2026-11-09 08:53:49
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Robert45 :
my dad had chickens/ roosters with the same problem. check for ticks/ fleas
2026-11-06 17:36:45
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