Please help! Sick silkie and seems to be progressing quick! What should I do?

[theacw]

I noticed her eyes half closed a week ago but that was it and I didnt come across anything when I searched for it. Just late yesterday she started acting off and sleepy. I just went to check on her early this morning and she doesnt look good.

Last laid egg day before yesterday. Walking with legs really high?

Someone please help!

 

[theacw]

Please, if ANYONE at all has any advice AT ALL. If there is anything I can do to keep her going at least until someone comes along with a better idea. She had her head tucked into her wing and I know thats never good.

She is stumbling around like she is drunk. I now have her in a laundry basket inside where it is dark.

Anybody?

 

[iheartnh]

Get her on electrolytes and offer scrambled egg to get her strength up. Hopeful someone with more experience than me will chime in with better advice. Good luck!

 

[theacw]

I have syringed fed her water with electrolytes and raw eggs. She wont/cant eat on her own, seems to almost have neuro issues because her perception is way off when she is pecking the food IF she even tries.

I just wish I knew what was wrong so I could take the next measure!

 

[iheartnh]

I wish I could help you - hopefully someone will chime in soon!

 

[theacw]

I know me too! Thanks for your suggestions and I appreciate your support. I have wormer, antibiotics, etc ready to go as soon as someone sees this. I feel so helpless until then.

My new idea is that I think she may have been the one laying these eggs....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818273/why-does-this-egg-look-like-this#post_11890535

I looked at all the eggs that came from that chicken and there are 3 that look like that. UGH. So maybe one broke inside her? Agh I dont know what to do. So frustrating.

I just wanna save my baby girl.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would suspect Mareks disease, or another neurological disease. Vitamin deficiencies, botulism, and aspergillosis also cause neurological problems. Here is a list of common diseases:

 

[seminolewind]

Doesn't it seem that her perception is off? Is she skin and bones? What color is her poop? What do her eyes look like?

 

[theacw]

Yes her perception has been off. Walking wise just today but the last couple days she has had a hard time pecking food normally. I am 99% she was vaccinated for mareks and she is over 2 years old so wouldnt that be rare?

She does seem sort of thin but not too obvious. She is a little girl so its hard to tell.

Eyes look ok besides them being half closed for almost a week.

She has only pooped once and it looked normal since this morning

Her symptoms include:

Walking funny, lifting legs up high
Lifting her head and a gasping every so often
Lethargic
Wont eat or drink- attempts every so often but perception is off
Hasnt laid an egg in 2 days? Someone has been laying weird cracked eggs that have been sealed over by the time they actually pass. (see pic if confusing)

What I am doing:
I have her in a dark area.
Force feeding water (have gotten a lot in her) with electrolytes and duramycin (sp?)
Force feeding her raw eggs


She seems to maybe be a LITTLE better/alert but not much.

Any advice or suggestions?

 

[theacw]

Here is a video i took a few hours ago of her attempting to eat cheese, her favorite. Sorry for darkness, this is after I brought her inside where it was dark and quiet for her