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    UPDATED with photos. Mereks or something else? bobbing head, difficulty standing and walking. Seems.....drunk?

    Thanks everyone. We brought her into the vet on Monday. They thought it was probably just old age, but if it was something else, the rest of the flock would have it already and there's not really anything we can do. They recommended against the necropsy and against putting her down and suggested...
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    UPDATED with photos. Mereks or something else? bobbing head, difficulty standing and walking. Seems.....drunk?

    3225 and 3226 are the good eye. 3224 and 3228 are the "bad" eye. Sorry, my camera is not so good. That's the best I could do. It's hard to see, but there is actually black on the iris, not the pupil, however, the pupil itself excluding the black part of the iris is smaller than on the other...
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    UPDATED with photos. Mereks or something else? bobbing head, difficulty standing and walking. Seems.....drunk?

    Thanks. It's a multiple hour drive to the closest lab and I just don't have time. Vet doesn't open til tomorrow morning.
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    UPDATED with photos. Mereks or something else? bobbing head, difficulty standing and walking. Seems.....drunk?

    Thanks. I was thinking it was old age at first, then I wasn't sure. The droppings actually went from green to "normal" and the other hens' diarrhea went away as well and their poops are back to normal. This morning she'd fallen out of her box. She was drooling. I tried to feed her/give her...
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    UPDATED with photos. Mereks or something else? bobbing head, difficulty standing and walking. Seems.....drunk?

    Thanks. I checked and her crop still seemed hardish. I gave her some liquid b complex and force fed her water and a little bit of olive oil and tried to work out whatever was in her crop. I hope that helps. I don't have any vitamin e yet. Her toes weren't curing and her legs weren't splaying, so...
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    UPDATED with photos. Mereks or something else? bobbing head, difficulty standing and walking. Seems.....drunk?

    Rosalie is a 5 1/2 year old Redstar hen. She is currently lighter than usual. Rosalie has recently started having trouble moving since maybe Saturday? First she moved to the lowest roosting bar, then to the egg box, then refused to come out of the roosting area/eggbox area. I thought oh, maybe...
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