Search results for query: *

  1. Eggcessive

    3 Year Old Chicken Gone Lame

    Sorry about your chicken. Are you planning on getting a necropsy if you put her down? I would suspect possible Mareks disease, but a necropsy by the state vet would be the only way to know for sure. Here is a list of state vets: https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html
  2. Eggcessive

    3 Year Old Chicken Gone Lame

    @12404914 how is you chicken doing? Vitamin B complex tablets are hard to overdose, and if they help, I would continue those for awhile. Sling chairs are good for some chickens, but some may fight them or escape them.
  3. Eggcessive

    3 Year Old Chicken Gone Lame

    I would limit her to very little of the soldier fly larvae. I am not very familiar with it anyway. Could there be something else in the compost that could have been moldy or remains of a small dead animal? At 10 weeks lameness could be a result of Mareks disease, a vitamin or mineral deficiency...
  4. Eggcessive

    3 Year Old Chicken Gone Lame

    What are you feeding your chickens? A riboflavin or vitamin B2 deficiency is one cause of walking on hocks and curled under toes. Another cause is Mareks disease. Have you ever had a necropsy done on any birds that you have lost? Were any of them vaccinated for Mareks disease? I would make sure...
Back
Top Bottom