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    18 week old chicken with suspected leg paralysis. Mareks? Other causes?

    She passed away this morning. :( We had the next door neighbour's dog get through the wooden fence yesterday and he attacked our lovely chicken. She seemed ok, but I found blood on her tummy and she had a small wound. I disinfected it and put her on some towels with food and water and gave her...
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    18 week old chicken with suspected leg paralysis. Mareks? Other causes?

    Hi all. I thought I would provide an update. Our chicken is still going! We've been grinding up B vitamins and putting them in her food. Not much change, although we've noticed she deteriorates a little if we don't give vitamins for a week or so. But with the vitamins she managed to get around...
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    18 week old chicken with suspected leg paralysis. Mareks? Other causes?

    Thanks for the suggestion Nambroth! Sounds like a good investment indeed. I have manual kitchen scale but I don't think that would really do the job! If it is a vitamin deficiency, how long would I expect to wait before at improvement? She cannot stand up today, so I'm starting to think it may...
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    18 week old chicken with suspected leg paralysis. Mareks? Other causes?

    Thanks eggcessive. Does it matter if the liquid baby vitamins have iron in them? Just don't want to overdose her on it! I've been sprinkling raisins with crushed up vitamin B tablets and she gobbles them up which is good. :)
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    18 week old chicken with suspected leg paralysis. Mareks? Other causes?

    Hi all, I have a bird aged roughly 18 weeks old who has been having trouble walking for 3 weeks now. We took her to an avian vet 2 weeks ago who suspected mareks, but also prescribed some anti-inflammatory just in case. Her legs have gotten progressively worse, with the left one being the...
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