Chicken off balance - worried it’s neurological

[Riverbend Farms]

I have an Easter eager right now who seems to have trouble walking. She is going through a pretty heavy molt and is losing a lot of body feathers including her tail. She can eat and drink well, her eyes and nares are good, her crop was flat this morning and has normal poop. She can walk perfectly fine in a straight line but can’t seem to balance properly when she’s trying to turn around or walk at an angle, I have a video here of it;

Im hoping it’s something as simple as a vitamin deficiency but please tell me as what you think it may be

 

[Rose the Legbar]

I believe it is a vitamin deficiency. When going through molts they lose a lot of body mass and vitamins as it all goes into their feathers. My girl had a similar issue when she was molting, but I put some electrolytes in the flocks water and after a bit she got better.

 

[Riverbend Farms]

I did put vitamins and electrolytes into their water, I hope it will work. I also heard pin feathers can cause them to be uncomfortable and walk oddly. Thank you very much for the suggestion.

 

[nuthatched]

Give 400i.u vitamin E capsule and about a third of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks. These can be bought in the vitamin section at the grocery store, any brand.

 

[Riverbend Farms]

Give 400i.u vitamin E capsule and about a third of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks. These can be bought in the vitamin section at the grocery store, any brand.

Thank you very much for the suggestion. How should I go about administering this?

 

[nuthatched]

Thank you very much for the suggestion. How should I go about administering this?

You pull down in the wattle and pop it in the beak, let go and she'll swallow it. Or mix it in a little wad of bread.

 

[Riverbend Farms]

Okay