paralysis

  1. SarahHalliday

    Paralysed chicken - to bathe or not to bathe

    Hello all! First I must say that I’ve been using backyard chickens for YEARS but this is my first time posting. Such a helpful forum, I’m so appreciative of all of you. A few days ago, I noticed that my polish girl was struggling to walk, kinda flopping around the garden. When she was a...
  2. C

    Splayed legs.

    Hello All, I am very new to chickens and chicks. Two days ago my first broody hen hatched 13 eggs. 11 are healthy and strong but 2 have issues with their legs. I read about splayed legs and have fashioned small “braces” for the two of them, however I am unsure if one may have a paralyzed leg...
  3. ChicksLoveOregon

    Is there a disease with symptoms similar to Marek's?

    My ignorance with regards to proper chicken husbandry is going to be ever so obvious in this post. I have a chicken that I think has Marek's disease... Last night I read the detailed post on Marek's in this forum and it seemed to confirm my fears. The chicken in question is Hopscotch, mixed...
  4. P

    Chicken can’t walk, fell off roost during the night and crying on the ground

    Hi everyone, forgive the length of this story. We have a 3 year old Americauna who a few weeks ago woke us up during the night squawking and I found her laying on the ground in the coop. There was nothing obviously wrong with her, no sign of injury, but she couldn’t walk. I soothed her and she...
  5. AnotherCrazyChickenLady

    Paralyzed chicken cured

    One morning my pet bantam girl Tink was dragging her wing but I did not see any injury. On day two she was having difficulty walking and by day three she could not walk and had use of one wing. She was eating and drinking with no issues other than she appeared to be paralyzed. I brought her...
  6. SeaChickens

    Mareks? Is it too late for our hen?

    hi all, I have a 3 year old speckled sussex that began having symptoms a few days ago. Initially she was stumbling when she walked. I believe this started on Dec 31st but it may have been a day before, we did not let them out of their run that day. She was also lethargic and laying down a...
  7. Yinjing

    Young Hen Paralyzed/Lethargic

    Hi everyone, There are a lot of wild chickens in my neighborhood, and I've been taking care of them occasionally for about a year. I dont know much about chickens, but this past year I've seen so many baby chickens die that I felt like I needed to step up. About 3 days ago I brought in a little...
  8. 5

    Paralysis

    My 12 week old Delaware Heritage isn’t doing well.... Three days ago I notice her laying near the feeder in the corner of the outdoor run. This is an unusual spot for her to lie. She then tried to get up and couldn’t. It seemed to be that she couldn’t move one of her legs. I assumed she...
  9. bsides2007

    Mystery Illness- Bright Green Poop...

    Hey all Sadly I have another sick duck. I fear this is something insidious that is going to slowly creep through my flock.... I have seen some dark dark dark greenish blackish poop here and there in my flock, and the occasional pea greenish tan, but nothing consistent. Everyone else is acting...
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  10. reddpepper86

    Sick chicken - Help please!

    Hi everyone! We woke up this morning to one of my hens laying down in the coop. She is a 20 week old sapphire gem and just started laying eggs this week. She won't walk - like her legs don't work. Her wings seem to be a little weak as well. She still has an appetite but can't move. None of the...
  11. B

    Is my duck suffering from botulism ?

    Hello guys! I'm not an expert in raising ducks. So please help me. My parents got two ducks as pets. Recently, one of my ducks (a few months old) had a sudden attack, she started fluttering her wings and fell down. She is not able to walk and hold her head since then. We took her inside home...
  12. G

    Help paralysed Broiler hen

    I have two broiler hens only a couple of months old, just past point of lay. One of them has suddenly got paralysed legs, she can move everything else. She just can’t move her legs at all including supporting her own weight when held. As a result she has become very docile and where she used to...
  13. T

    Sprain or other?

    So recently a couple days ago my chicken, who is almost 3 months old, suffered leg paralysis. I was giving them all a bath and when I went to wrap her in a towel, she was making a fuss by chirping alot. I don't know if I accidentally hurt her or if something happened in the bath when I stepped...
  14. T

    My chicken just went paralyzed in one leg just after a bath. I'm worried it's mareks disease

    Hello, I'm really concerned for my chicken, she's 3 months old and out of no where after giving her a bath one of her legs just gave out and she is paralyzed in it. I've been digging around and been finding alot of people saying it's mareks disease.. but I also found other things.. does Marek's...
  15. CFCDD

    Marek survivor? or something else?

    Midnight our little black bantam 1.5 years old took ill 3 weeks ago. She has what i think is a slight paralysis in her wing and can no longer jump or get back into the coop with has a ladder. There is a slight improvement but nothing major.She eats well and drinks the multi vitamin i got her...
  16. HonaHelp

    A blessing turns into a nightmare...beware......

    Several weeks ago..I won a rare pullet raffle. I was over the moon with excitement!! :eek: The 4 different breed pullets were shipped to me from a breeder down south....at 8(one of them) and 12 weeks old. Luckily...the Ohio cold has kept my quarantine period LONG. The birds have been here...
  17. LeslieOch

    Hens with sudden onset leg paralysis

    I have kept a small flock of chickens (between 10 & 20) over the past 30 years and have never had anything like this happen. Since September, 2017 I have had 4 hens develop weakness of the legs and within 24 hours complete paralysis of both legs. The hens are alert, eat & drink fine but cannot...
  18. VickisChickis

    Wing Paralysis from Bobcat Attack!!!

    Hello All- A few weeks ago my Barred Rock hen was attacked by a Bobcat. She had no puncture wounds but we could tell something was wrong with her wing. There was no sign of a break anywhere, but she was pretty sick for a while. We "nursed" her back to health with antibiotics and a lot of TLC &...
  19. venymae

    Why are my friends chickens falling over and dying?

    I don't have pictures, but I did see one in action so I'll do my best to explain symptoms. My BFF bought 25 California whites from a local "breeder". Fairly recently they have been dropping like flies. The first symptom is a droopy tail. Most of the birds have upright tails, but the ones who...
  20. A

    Mature Turkey lost use of leg

    Hello, I have a turkey, "Thelma", who has suddenly lost use of her leg! She's about 10 years old and was given to us by someone about 5 years ago. She's generally been healthy, but has become increasingly inactive and "grouchy"...this morning, we noticed she's not using one of her legs, it...
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