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    Chicken unsteady on feet, collapses and sits a lot

    Thank you for the link...I did consider Mericks...but she doesnt seem to be exhibiting the normal symptons..her legs are not paralyzed..she was getting up and trying to walk just very unsteady. I have now treated with vitamins and tylan 50...Still no improvement. She actually seems worse, unable...
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    Chicken unsteady on feet, collapses and sits a lot

    Thank you so much for your reply...I will continue doing what I am doing I guess...hopefully I get a similiar outcome as you!
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    Chicken unsteady on feet, collapses and sits a lot

    Hi again, Im glad your chicken better, Im sorry to butt into this thread, but as I said above Im going through something similiar with my 1 year old brahma. She has been exhibiting these symptons for 3 days now. I have checked her legs and they seem fine, she has mobility in them, she will grasp...
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    Chicken unsteady on feet, collapses and sits a lot

    Hi, did you ever figure out what was wrong with your chicken? I have one exhibiting the same symptons...any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you
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    chicken suddenly wobbly

    just a bit more informaton...she did receive the mericks (sp) vaccine when she was a chick.
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    chicken suddenly wobbly

    Hi, I have a one year old Brahma..she was completely fine last night. Tonight I went to the coop and she was laying on the floor of her coop, not on her perch, very unusual for her...she saw me and got up..she was very wobbly, she would stumble and wobble. I brought her in the house and checked...
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    Silkies in the Oregon / Pacific NW Rain

    I to live in the pacific northwest, same issue at our house. My two silkies will stand out in the rain, they have a covered coop but will not go in it...by the time I get home they are soaked to the bone and I have to bring them in and put them under a heat lamp. We are just going to build them...
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    please help with sick showgirl

    Thank you for the info. I am going to get wormer tomorrow for her, My other question would be could it be possible that she has gone broody. She is half silkie and have turken. She has not laid eggs yet though. She has eaten very little today and I cant seem to get her to drink.
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    please help with sick showgirl

    Im hoping someone has some ideas for me...this morning my 6-7 month old showgirl did not come out of the nest. All the other chickens came out, we gave her a couple hours and she never came out. We pulled her out of the nest box and she seams lethargic. She was out running around as usual last...
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    Hello everyone

    Hi, I am a newbie here, I started with chickens about 5 months ago and it has become a wonderful obsession. Since getting them we have created an awesome chicken condo (yes i bought the chickens before the coop), have stayed up all night massaging a silkies impacted crop, and celebrated our...
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