Hello y’all!
About 3 days ago my cockerel was as his usual energetic self but it seems that something caused him to lose sense in his feet and wings. On day 1 he would have limp, on day 2 he would fall down several times, day 3 he couldn’t stand up or fly no matter how much he tried. This is a first for me and I can’t figure out what went wrong. We’re afraid he might not make it tomorrow, so we separated him from the flock so he wouldn’t get a stampede of chickens running all over him on his last days. Though he’s currently drinking water and eating quite well, his appetite has surely not backed down. He has also had normal bowel movements and his crop is emptying as it should. I was reading about possible paralysis causes in chickens and came upon curled toe paralysis but in the pictures attached his toes are not curled and rather just straight limp looking.
Anybody have an idea of what could be causing this?
About 3 days ago my cockerel was as his usual energetic self but it seems that something caused him to lose sense in his feet and wings. On day 1 he would have limp, on day 2 he would fall down several times, day 3 he couldn’t stand up or fly no matter how much he tried. This is a first for me and I can’t figure out what went wrong. We’re afraid he might not make it tomorrow, so we separated him from the flock so he wouldn’t get a stampede of chickens running all over him on his last days. Though he’s currently drinking water and eating quite well, his appetite has surely not backed down. He has also had normal bowel movements and his crop is emptying as it should. I was reading about possible paralysis causes in chickens and came upon curled toe paralysis but in the pictures attached his toes are not curled and rather just straight limp looking.
Anybody have an idea of what could be causing this?