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My hens just started laying. Is this a good way to feed if you have a rooster in the mix? thanks

I'm sorry to hear about your chicken. I am pretty new to chickens, but am also treating a sick chicken, so thought I would chime in just to maybe help you get started. Read about Coccidiosis , Botulism, vitamin deficiency See if any of those fit. A vet did tell me that chicken feed has...

She is still with me.............thanks for more info.

I posted a few days ago about my hen. Found her on floor of coop unable to stand. very weak. flopped backwards if she tried to move. today she is still alive. She is still very weak and doesn't walk. Her legs are not paralyzed as she can move them. If I set her in the grass she will pull her...

yes, the more I read, and seeing the pics of Marek's. chickens, the more I think that might be what we are dealing with. The rest of my flock still seems ok. If it is Marek's, can I expect others to come down with it? I'm sorry, I don't have pics of poops. Thanks Nancy

Hi everyone, Just wanted to give update on my chicken. She is still alive, but no improvement. We are giving her Corrid now as she had some poops that looked little bloody. We give it with syringe because she wont take it herself. We have been getting her to eat some feed and watermelon which, I...

Update , she is still with us.........been giving her the electrolyte and protonics water all day with syringe...........she doesn't like it very well and it is hard to get her to take it, so I decided to take a piece of watermelon to her and I put some of the solution in the watermelon. She...

Update, she is still alive. seems the same. She has had no poops since in the hosp crate. Sometimes when I check on her she looks alert. sitting in a nesting position. the next she is laying on her back with ridged legs, but will open eyes and if u pick her up she squirms and hollars at u in...

Thank you all for your help. She is still alive, but really don't think she will make it. If she does die I will make sure the others cant get to her...cremation probably. She is separated now also. I just had a bad coon attach a few weeks ago. So it has been a hard learning road with my...

I found this on one of the links you sent me. Nervous signs, weakness, progressive flaccid paralysis of legs, wings then neck, then sudden death. Affected broilers tend to settle with eyes closed when not disturbed. A soiled beak, because it rests on the litter, is also quite typical...

No I don't have the electrolytes, but can go get some. That's why I was using the sugar water. Trying to treat symptoms while trying to figure out cause. I don't see blood from her. The rest of my flock seem ok, but worried about them also. I am new to chickens, so on a big learning curve...

I can really get her to stand. She feels warm to touch, but sometimes looks like she is shivering. I have been giving her warm sugar water with a syringe. A drop at a time on her beak. I put her in a dog crate for warmth and protection. No, she wont take water or food at all.

I am hoping to get some ideas about what my be wrong with my chicken. I found her on the floor of her coop this morning laying on her back................eyes look normal, no signs of injury. She is unable to walk. It is like she is uncoordinated and when she does try to move she flops wings and...