Hi y’all! It has been really yucky in my chicken run with all these storms. All our soil is Adobe mud, and it takes forever to soak up. We’re in Northern California so this is the first year I’ve really experienced this with the run. Poor flock are in poopy mud puddles ankle deep most of the run. I’ve been trying to keep the water clean, but you know chickens… they still prefer poopy mud water *eye roll*
Well, we’ve had almost constant rainfall/ storms on and off since January. And I just noticed a few days ago my big BCM rooster is just slightly off balance. If he looks all the way up, he’ll stumble a little and when he walks you can noticed a slight imbalance.
With all the water and mud, I’ve been concerned about their feet and so far his are okay (no bumble yet) so I’m curious if you might think this could be a thiamine deficiency? There is no sign on trauma on his head or anything I can see.
Would it be safe to treat him as if he has a deficiency? And also, what would be the best yet? B12 to the mouth, or in water? Fortified cereals? I’ve never had this problem before, but there really isn’t much green grass here yet. I’ve been trying to supplement with other veggies.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and he’s the only one presenting these symptoms. Thank you in advance!
Well, we’ve had almost constant rainfall/ storms on and off since January. And I just noticed a few days ago my big BCM rooster is just slightly off balance. If he looks all the way up, he’ll stumble a little and when he walks you can noticed a slight imbalance.
With all the water and mud, I’ve been concerned about their feet and so far his are okay (no bumble yet) so I’m curious if you might think this could be a thiamine deficiency? There is no sign on trauma on his head or anything I can see.
Would it be safe to treat him as if he has a deficiency? And also, what would be the best yet? B12 to the mouth, or in water? Fortified cereals? I’ve never had this problem before, but there really isn’t much green grass here yet. I’ve been trying to supplement with other veggies.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and he’s the only one presenting these symptoms. Thank you in advance!
he didn’t take a blood sample to test, though. My Issac is almost 4, would it take that long to show up? His balance issues aren’t severe, none of the telltale splits, he walks great. So, I don’t know. Maybe I’m in denial? The vet never even mentioned a deficiency of E or B vitamins. It felt like a rushed diagnosis.
) AND NOTHING ABOUT MAREKS. It was also noted that she was in perfect health otherwise. Fast forward to two months later, my rooster is now a little wobbly, this new vet think mareks, I show him the necropsy report, he says, “I doubt it was a head trauma“ and calls Mareks.
