- Jan 9, 2017
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Hi,
So yesterday morning when I let our chickens out one of my golden buffs was sitting on the coop floor and would attempt to stand but then sit back down. It looked like her vent was really straining/pulsing? so all day I gave her on and off warm epsom salt baths. I also gave her calcium powder that I had on hand. She was separated also just in case. She spent the day resting and what looked like vent straining. She pooped normal all day as well. By the end of yesterday she was standing on her own. She also ate and drank all day with no issues. No mucus or sneezing at all and her comb is bright red. I checked her feet for bumblefoot or if she moved in pain...nothing so far. But I don't really know what I'm looking for if she has a sprain or something.
This morning she ate and drank and was walking around the separated coop just fine...maybe a slight limp on her left leg. In fact she was really pacing back and forth and it seemed like keeping her in there was causing her more stress. She was trying to break free, even jumping up and crashing into the mesh. So I let her out and she went right to the egg box and sat in it, and 30 min later laid an egg.
She went straight for the water after that. I had put Nutri-drench in the water and vet-rx just in case. She drank a bunch of water. She's also pecking around eating etc.
The problem is she still has that left leg limp. If it was egg bind would she still be limping after she laid the egg? Maybe a vitamin deficiency caused her to be lame but it takes a while to regain strength? Also if it is something like Marek's, can they not walk at all and then start to walk again by the end of the same day?
No new chickens have been introduced at all and nobody around us has chickens. We have 8 and they all grew up together.
Thank you so much in advance for any advice you may have. Let me know if pics would be helpful and I will try and post some.
So yesterday morning when I let our chickens out one of my golden buffs was sitting on the coop floor and would attempt to stand but then sit back down. It looked like her vent was really straining/pulsing? so all day I gave her on and off warm epsom salt baths. I also gave her calcium powder that I had on hand. She was separated also just in case. She spent the day resting and what looked like vent straining. She pooped normal all day as well. By the end of yesterday she was standing on her own. She also ate and drank all day with no issues. No mucus or sneezing at all and her comb is bright red. I checked her feet for bumblefoot or if she moved in pain...nothing so far. But I don't really know what I'm looking for if she has a sprain or something.
This morning she ate and drank and was walking around the separated coop just fine...maybe a slight limp on her left leg. In fact she was really pacing back and forth and it seemed like keeping her in there was causing her more stress. She was trying to break free, even jumping up and crashing into the mesh. So I let her out and she went right to the egg box and sat in it, and 30 min later laid an egg.
She went straight for the water after that. I had put Nutri-drench in the water and vet-rx just in case. She drank a bunch of water. She's also pecking around eating etc.
The problem is she still has that left leg limp. If it was egg bind would she still be limping after she laid the egg? Maybe a vitamin deficiency caused her to be lame but it takes a while to regain strength? Also if it is something like Marek's, can they not walk at all and then start to walk again by the end of the same day?
No new chickens have been introduced at all and nobody around us has chickens. We have 8 and they all grew up together.
Thank you so much in advance for any advice you may have. Let me know if pics would be helpful and I will try and post some.
I did put her with the rest of the flock yesterday afternoon. She was being picked on a little but not bad. She did seem like she was really tired and wanted to rest/or just rest her leg by sitting down. She does get up on her own and eat and drink though. I will keep a close eye on her.
