3 month old chicken acting odd

[SurferchickinSB]

Thank you! No this is my very first time having chickens so i got them all together .. needless to say this isnt a very happy experience. I will see if i can find that Corid stuff that other person suggested, can i get it off amazon?

I noticed in the photograph your chickens crop looks a bit enlarged. Have you checked her crop?

 

[harley1985]

I'm fairly new as well but I have had two different outcomes with the same standing still like their sleeping but will also walk, lay down, stand but doesn't really move much continues to stand still for most of the day.
My outcome for the first 3 of them was Marek's but that had the addition off watery poo with small bits of green in it.
they succumbed to the disease within a week of symptoms.
My last girl was, Thank God, just egg bound and had all the same but still had good poo. within 3 days she had passed her 2 weird eggs and is back to normal laying daily.
The combs will also let you know they aren't feeling well.

I had one that pass away and from the symptoms the vet said it sounded like it could be Mareks....first she had sprayed leg then her toes curled , couldnt really walk... then her neck kind of hung ....so that is probably what it is then , if that is what yours was doing as well........

 

[Granny Hatchet]

can she see ? Crop looks too big to me as well. Are you giving them grit ?

 

[Silkie Jax]

I had one that pass away and from the symptoms the vet said it sounded like it could be Mareks....first she had sprayed leg then her toes curled , couldnt really walk... then her neck kind of hung ....so that is probably what it is then , if that is what yours was doing as well........

Did your vet send her out for testing?
That's really the only way to know for sure.
I'm beside myself with finding out cause once you have it in the flock I'm reading it's there for ever.
My girls didn't show those symptoms while alive. They were just mostly lethargic, slow walking, ate and drank but not like usual and would just stand there like they were asleep. But very calm and loving.

 

[harley1985]

I noticed in the photograph your chickens crop looks a bit enlarged. Have you checked her crop?

I m not sure if its that or not , her neck is longer and its like she has her head kind of tucked in if that makes sesne she is part houdan so she normally has a long neck , but just under her head i do feel like a buldge

 

[harley1985]

Did your vet send her out for testing?
That's really the only way to know for sure.
I'm beside myself with finding out cause once you have it in the flock I'm reading it's there for ever.
My girls didn't show those symptoms while alive. They were just mostly lethargic, slow walking, ate and drank but not like usual and would just stand there like they were asleep. But very calm and loving.

no they didnt send her for testing she had given me stress aid and oxytetracycline hydrochloride

 

[SurferchickinSB]

I m not sure if its that or not , her neck is longer and its like she has her head kind of tucked in if that makes sesne she is part houdan so she normally has a long neck , but just under her head i do feel like a buldge

Well, it should be empty in the morning before she eats, so check her in the morning first thing.

 

[harley1985]

Well, it should be empty in the morning before she eats, so check her in the morning first thing.

if it is still hard, what do i do for her?

 

[harley1985]

I noticed in the photograph your chickens crop looks a bit enlarged. Have you checked her c

this may sound odd but i just checked again .. i googled where the crop is and where i feel that buldge it is above that area its between the neck and the crop

 

[SurferchickinSB]

You must be feeling her crop. If her crop is still full in the morning, don’t give her any food, just fresh water and gently massage the crop to see if it deflates during the day. The crop should be flat in the morning. What other types of things does your chickens eat besides the medicated chick starter?