8 week old hen with riboflavin deficiency, PLEASE HELP!!

[chicki291]

Glad that she is doing well. I am sure that you are very pleased with her progress, and hopefully, she will open those toes more.

I also hope so ! The one foots toes are working great now!! I think the chick is impressed with herself

 

[chicki291]

Hi guys, the chick is doing fine. The one foot is still working, but still nothing in the other one.. she is using her other leg that does not work.

She sometimes flops around, because she cant keep her balance very well. I think its hard for her to walk when her one foot is open and the other is still curled

She is still a bit thin. Im still feeding her egg and the vitamin tablets and powders.

I tried taping down the one foot, but it just doesnt work. Ill send some pics tomorrow.

She has a great taste for life, this chick. She sandbathes and pecks around. I still have to give her water though

Any advice for what i can do more? Any advice would be greatly appreciated ♡

P.s.
It has now been a month of treatment

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi guys, the chick is doing fine. The one foot is still working, but still nothing in the other one.. she is using her other leg that does not work.

She sometimes flops around, because she cant keep her balance very well. I think its hard for her to walk when her one foot is open and the other is still curled

She is still a bit thin. Im still feeding her egg and the vitamin tablets and powders.

I tried taping down the one foot, but it just doesnt work. Ill send some pics tomorrow.

She has a great taste for life, this chick. She sandbathes and pecks around. I still have to give her water though

Any advice for what i can do more? Any advice would be greatly appreciated ♡

P.s.
It has now been a month of treatment

Hi Janke Thank you for the update!

It's good that she's able to get around some. It sounds like you are doing everything you can for her.
Look forward to the photos

 

[chicki291]

Guys she took a drastic turn today.. she was doing fine yesterday and then all of a sudden this morning she does not open her one foots toes as much as yesterday

I did notice on the other days that she was flopping around, but i thought it was because she was standing on one foot open and the other one closed..

She spreads her wings to get balance and her tail is pointing down. The tail was straight up like a normal chicken's on the other days.

And something else, she was sitting on my lap, not standing, sitting in a ball like when she sleeps, and then she made this weird noise and stretched her neck forward and laid it down on my lap.. does anyone know what that means??

Here she is with her wings apart and tail down

The open foot she pushes backwards..

 

[chicki291]

The down tail

Guys im devestated, please help

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm so sorry that she's taken a turn.

How old is she now?
Sadly, I do think this could be Marek's, but it's so hard to know. You have been doing everything that I can think of. Hopefully others will have better suggestions.

 

[chicki291]

I'm so sorry that she's taken a turn.

How old is she now?
Sadly, I do think this could be Marek's, but it's so hard to know. You have been doing everything that I can think of. Hopefully others will have better suggestions.

She is almost four months old. She did calm down later on in the day. It was really cold today, so maybe that is why. Maybe she just had a bad day?

I had a close look at her feet and the one foot that used to work, can still open, so it still works, just not as good as it did a few days ago

The past few days i have been slacking on giving my chicken the amount of vitamins and food she needs, so it could be a possible reason.

I gave her lots to eat today. I gave her some growing meal and feed this morning and some egg. In the afternoon i gave her another egg. Later i gave her some good quality cat food with crushed b vitamin pills on top. Hopefully this will help. She still moves around and drank some water

Honestly i really dont think its mareks. She does not show all the signs and our flock is small. Only Speedy and this chicken. We gave the other chickens and the rooster away. But we'll see. I really just think that its just a turn in her riboflavin deficiency

 

[chicki291]

 

[chicki291]

Okay guys we might know whats wrong with the leg. I really think she hurt her leg or hip. Today she does not want to stand and when she walks she walks as if she is in pain. I think she hurt or dislocated her hip

 

[chicki291]

Do some of you maybe have some advice on dislocated hips?