4 week old Leg Issues help!

[Bacas brood]

My 4 week old chick is a beautiful blue leghorn. Used to be the fastest of the flock. She started laying down all of a sudden with her leg in front of her. She was supposedly vaccinated for Mareks at birth. Her right claw she won’t use she will only support on elbow. I built her a chicken sling and started feeding her scrambled eggs and mealworms. She has a voracious appetite but doesn’t drink from her water dish so I give her bread soaked in water. Her stool
Is watery but I’m not sure if it’s from different food now. She used to eat 98% chick starter crumble. She sometimes gets sick of the chicken sling but can’t lay with leg out she lays on her back or her side with legs up.

 

[Bacas brood]

Seems like a type of paralysis?????

 

[Bacas brood]

Bumping for views and advice

 

[Bacas brood]

Please read this somone

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your chick. It would be rare for Mareks to show up in a 4 weeks old—possible at the earliest of 3 weeks, but usually much more common when chickens are a few months old. Did her breeder vaccinate, or was she vaccinated at a hatchery?

Could she have been hurt by a fall or larger chicken, or could she have something wrong with the one leg, such as a slipped tendon? How long has she been having symptoms? Have you tried any vitamins with riboflavin, such as Poultry Cell or human vitamin B complex? You can dissove 1/4 tablet daily in a little water and give orally. Here is some reading about Mareks and riboflavin deficiency:
https://thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

 

[Bacas brood]

Sorry about your chick. It would be rare for Mareks to show up in a 4 weeks old—possible at the earliest of 3 weeks, but usually much more common when chickens are a few months old. Did her breeder vaccinate, or was she vaccinated at a hatchery?

Could she have been hurt by a fall or larger chicken, or could she have something wrong with the one leg, such as a slipped tendon? How long has she been having symptoms? Have you tried any vitamins with riboflavin, such as Poultry Cell or human vitamin B complex? You can dissove 1/4 tablet daily in a little water and give orally. Here is some reading about Mareks and riboflavin deficiency:
https://thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

They were vaccinated at the hatchery. She could’ve been injured. The thing that confuses me is that now she flips on her back. She has also injured her own wing by flapping and flailing around. I have been giving her scrambled eggs for the last four days in hopes that it could correct a selenium or riboflavin injury but am trying bcomplex as now. Her symptoms get worse daily first day she was laying down a lot second day leg extended in front with toes curled I started giving her eggs then. Third day she started flipping herself over and rolling onto her side I made her a chicken sling. Still no improvement.

 

[Bacas brood]

Sorry about your chick. It would be rare for Mareks to show up in a 4 weeks old—possible at the earliest of 3 weeks, but usually much more common when chickens are a few months old. Did her breeder vaccinate, or was she vaccinated at a hatchery?

Could she have been hurt by a fall or larger chicken, or could she have something wrong with the one leg, such as a slipped tendon? How long has she been having symptoms? Have you tried any vitamins with riboflavin, such as Poultry Cell or human vitamin B complex? You can dissove 1/4 tablet daily in a little water and give orally. Here is some reading about Mareks and riboflavin deficiency:
https://thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

Also forgot to mention that I ran through symptoms of slipped tendon and both legs straighten they dangle more than remaining bent so I have ruled that out. Thank you so much for your help !!!!!

 

[Eggcessive]

Mareks vaccines can fail and they might have missed giving it to her. There have been cases of chicks from major hatcheries who have still come down with it. That said, hopefully, it is not that. Has she ever had tremors, especially when she was a couple of weeks old? There is a $20 Mareks pcr test available at this lab in TX on blood serum if you would be interested in contacting them:
http://www.vetdna.com/test-type/avian-bird
Has she been having any runny poops? Let us know he she is getting along.

 

[Bacas brood]

She is having runny poops, laying on her side and appears to be in pain. I can’t let her go on like this much longer

 

[Bacas brood]

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Mareks vaccines can fail and they might have missed giving it to her. There have been cases of chicks from major hatcheries who have still come down with it. That said, hopefully, it is not that. Has she ever had tremors, especially when she was a couple of weeks old? There is a $20 Mareks pcr test available at this lab in TX on blood serum if you would be interested in contacting them:
http://www.vetdna.com/test-type/avian-bird
Has she been having any runny poops? Let us know he she is getting along.

She is having runny poops. Not greenish though. Not improving. Just worsening. I’m so depressed with the thought of culling her but feel guilty with her suffering. She can’t get to food or water on her own. Thank you for lab info it may be mareks