balance

I have a hen who’s about 5 years old. She was off her perch this morning and she can’t walk. She keeps falling to both sides, like she can’t keep balance when’s she stands or walks. Stroke? Any advice? She seems healthy otherwise. Thank you for any advice you can give

Hi there! My silver laced Wyandotte chick Penelope, who is a few weeks over a month old, seems to have developed some sort of balance issue. Her center of balance is very low, and she tends to lean back on her shanks and hock joints a lot, to the point where she sometimes ends up toppling...

I have a chicken who has been sneezing for a week. We brought her inside, and got some advice and they said to treat her for cocci even though her poop was normal. She stopped eating and drinking so I was giving her water with a syringe. Saturday, Jan. 8, she started drinking and eating on...

Hello! Hoping for some quick help if we can save him! When we went to put up all of our babies last night, we found one of our roos sitting on the ground, with his head slightly tilted. I knew something was wrong and when we went to pick him up, he began "stargazing." We put him to bed and I...

My chicken has been lethargic for about 3 days now. I noticed it first when her balance was a little off. It has since gotten a little worse. She is able to walk, eat, and drink, but her balance is not great. Yesterday I noticed some mites and lice so treated her for that. Her belly seemed a bit...

We just got our baby chicks in the mail this morning from Murray McMurray Hatchery. Six of the seven RIR girls were alive and extremely healthy looking. When I ordered, I said I wanted an extra chick of the hatchery's choosing 'cause I was assuming at least 1 of the chicks I ordered would die at...

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What are some other contagious diseases that might present like Marakes? Or cause sudden extreme feather loss and balance issues? Before Christmas I lost a hen that ended up with her being unable to see, balance issues, wasting away and some other symptoms. We ended up putting her down at our...

My Welsummer hen is about 4 1/2 months old. Was vaccinated at hatchery. Grew up fine with flock mates. Suddenly, she is pigeon-toed, injured or has Marek's disease. She can't walk without stepping on her own feet, losing her balance and tipping forward or sideways. She uses her wing to balance...

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Hi, I have a Black-copper-maran pullet almost hen that has been sick for over 4 weeks. It's crazy that I purchased two together because the other one was smaller (Pettie Lune-little moon) but now the little one has matured into a hen and the other sick one remains a pullet (Ma Chari-my darling)...

I have a pet Tom Turkey, he is a 3 year old Bourbon Red and one of 3 Toms which have been raised together. A little over a week ago, he was fighting with the other 2, and was found with a head injury and couldn't stand up. We penned him for a week and saw very little improvement in his stance...

Hello, one of my hens stomach is extremely bloated, it kind of feels like it may be filled with fluid. She is a little unsteady and will not walk much. She is constantly pumping her tail but is able to poop with no problem. I checked her vent to feel for an egg but I didn’t feel one. I...

Help! Just yesterday I noticed my very large Orpington began to walk with difficulty, losing her balance and falling backward after a step or two. She did make it back into thebcoop last night, but did NOT get up on the roosting pole. I also have a Wyandotte who, since yesterday, seems to lie...

I found one of our chickens, Lovelace, doing a weeble wobble impression today. She tips over. If I stand her up she tries to walk a bit but falls to her right. Her comb is bright red. We brought her inside to a cage and are keeping an eye on her. She is eating well (made her feed of oatmeal...

I have a almost 3 yr old laying Isa Brown that got sick last Friday (10 days ago.) She had been more isolated the day before. She is eating/drinking as long as we keep things close. She is in a small crate to keep her from being picked on. She was with three other hens that seem to be fine. She...

I am still learning how to use this so please bare with me....I had posted a thread a few months ago about our rooster who couldn't stand up. He was unable to eat or drink because he couldn't tip forward without falling over. After a lot of nursing (separated from flock, propped up with food and...

I have a hen with a fox-induced brain injury. She appears to have full strength in her right half, but lacking in ability to use muscles appropriately. My vet friend tells me it's hemiparesis, meaning brain damage has caused nerve issues in her right half. She can't walk, so I've been using a...