Chicken can't walk

[Gooselover567]

My chicken is very droopy and has a hard time walking and standing up. She's a blue ameraucana about 1 yr old. I gave her valbazen because we just wormed last week and thought maybe the worms were not gone. I also gave her a little vitamin b and dropper fed it to her with water. I had this exact same problem last year with another blue ameraucana and she ended up dying. Right now the sick ameraucana is just sitting beside a rock in the grass. She keeps closing her eyes. What's wrong with her and what should I do?

 

[nuthatched]

I'm sorry your hen is sick.
We have a few questions to narrow it down.
What do you feed her?
Is her crop full? Flat? Squishy?
What's her poops like?
Any sneezing or runny eyes/nose?
Is she fluffed up? Standing funny?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Also has she been eating? Can she move her feet and legs or do they seem paralyzed? When’s the last time she laid an egg? Can you feel an egg near her vet?

 

[Gooselover567]

Thank you so much for responding! She is so sweet and I dont want to lose her. Her crop is flat, she hasn't eaten very much. She hasn't pooped either that ive seen but her butt does have a little poop in the fluff around it but I wiped it off. No sneezing or runny nose. She just stood up, she is kind of stooped over and her rump is puffed up. She tried to walk a little but she stumbled and fell down and is now sitting again. I thought about Mareks, but it has been about a year since the other hen like this died and none of the other chickens had were affected.

 

[Gooselover567]

Also she can move her legs a bit but she has trouble doing so. I'm not sure when she laid an egg last. She was fine yesterday and today not. I don't think she has an egg in her.

 

[Gooselover567]

Poop keeps building up on her butt and I am currently giving her a bath. The poop is kinda diarrhea consistency but not runny

 

[Gooselover567]

She is outside again and shes sitting down. What do you think could be wrong?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Honestly I’m not sure. Things don’t sound very good for your hen. If I were you I would research your state necropsy lab so if she passes you can get some answers.

 

[ShiviBear]

I'm sorry to hear about your sweet sick hen also. I am no expert, but having a few mystery hen losses recently myself here are a few questions that were posed to me...
Have you checked for and/or treated your hens for external parasites like mites?

What does her poop look like? Orange? Foamy? Runny? Have you considered coccidia?

 

[Gooselover567]

There are no external parasites that i see...her poop is brownish orangey and soft