Recent content by lmullins

Something is going on with my birds. I lost a Cornish rock last week, she was weak and couldn't walk, I brought her in and she died that night. The same day one my americaunas was dragging her wing and was having what appeared to be leg seizures where as she would flop around and fall on her...

I had a chicken that could not walk also. It started out that she was wobbly, then was falling, then to 100% paralysis. I was told it was Merecks by many people. Someone on here suggested vitamin deficiencies. I read for hours on the internet about these different deficiencies and learned mine...

Like the other poster said, definitely try the vitamins. My baby could not walk at all for 3 weeks, she was literally paralysed until we gave her vitamins and electrolytes. Zoey, my chicken was lacking riboflavin and when treated she was walking within 24 hours. Good luck, I hope your baby...

I do believe you may have saved my chickens life :) I found a web site on vitamin deficiencies, It had photos of what chicks looked like with certain deficiencies, Mine looked EXACTLY like a chick lacking vitamin g (B2 or riboflavin), She has only been on it since yesterday afternoon and...

I would love to have her sister with her but I am terrified she will get Mereks also, if that is in fact what she has!

Thank you Eggcessive, I will definitely try that. Anything is worth a try, she is so worth any and every attempt to me. It bothers me that she shivers so much, I know with dogs it usually means they are in pain but I have no idea about chickens. Like I said I have her under a lamp with plenty...

I had 6 RIR that were given to me that were laying and very healthy until they started having bloody stools. Suddenly they stopped laying and 4 had died. We went out and bought Corid to treat the remaining 16 chickens for coccidiosis and everything seemed to be going great. Now one of my...