Chicken paralyzed?

[StanCoChicken]

Hello, long-time lurker. I wish I could have created my account under better circumstances.
One of my hens, about 2 days ago, started walking wobbly with her wings almost touching the floor.
As of yesterday and today, she cannot move her legs much. When she does, she just falls over. She has no appetite, and her crop is pretty much empty.
Yesterday, she seemed as if she couldn't lift her head either, but today it's up and she's looking around and making noise.
I do have her isolated.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Could be botulism. Any moldy feed about? Seems a bit old for Mareks. Another option is she's got an egg coming that is pushing on the nerves running to her legs.

 

[StanCoChicken]

Could be botulism. Any moldy feed about? Seems a bit old for Mareks. Another option is she's got an egg coming that is pushing on the nerves running to her legs.

No moldy feed from what I'm aware of. The feeder is covered and there hasn't been rain. She could have picked up something in the yard.
And I'll check for an egg. She hasn't laid in a couple fays

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC, but sorry to hear about your sick hen. Can you get your chicken to drink any water with electrolytes if you hold a small cup up to her beak? Getting her to take fluids and food are important. A chicken sling may be helpful to get her upright.

Mareks typically affects one leg or wing, and usually shows up in chickens under 5 months old. A poison plant, insecticide poisoning, lead, mold in feed, or botulism could be causes. Botulism usually starts in the feet and legs, with flaccid paralysis, spreading to the wings, and finally causing the neck to become paralyzed within a few hours. If you can get her drinking, you may want to feed her a wet mash of chicken feed, a lot of water, plus some egg mixed in.

Have you added any new chickens in recent weeks or months? If you should lose her, please contact your state vet for a necropsy, to look for Mareks. Very sorry about your hen.

 

[Eggcessive]

See post 2 in this thread for pics of chicken slings:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-a-chicken-sling.1115597/

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

Could this be what is wrong with my goose? I don't know if she is eggbound (I did the internal exam but felt nothing) or broody or what? I have several posts I posted tonight...

 

[StanCoChicken]

Welcome to BYC, but sorry to hear about your sick hen. Can you get your chicken to drink any water with electrolytes if you hold a small cup up to her beak? Getting her to take fluids and food are important. A chicken sling may be helpful to get her upright.

Mareks typically affects one leg or wing, and usually shows up in chickens under 5 months old. A poison plant, insecticide poisoning, lead, mold in feed, or botulism could be causes. Botulism usually starts in the feet and legs, with flaccid paralysis, spreading to the wings, and finally causing the neck to become paralyzed within a few hours. If you can get her drinking, you may want to feed her a wet mash of chicken feed, a lot of water, plus some egg mixed in.

Have you added any new chickens in recent weeks or months? If you should lose her, please contact your state vet for a necropsy, to look for Mareks. Very sorry about your hen.

I will try to see if she will drink and eat. About a week ago she had sour crop, but she recovered.
No new chickens in recent months either.
I'm watching her now and she is making some clicking noise with her beak. It seems as if both her legs don't work at all (they only move a tiny bit) She is mostly moving with her wings, and her head seems to have normal chicken behavior. (Like the quick movements and such, however, when she stops moving her head it seems to move slowly in a direction by itself?)
And I'll make a sling so at least she doesn't have lie down.

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

OMG this is sounding like my goose right now... I am so worried. Why do things happen on weekends when vets are closed? Always on the weekend....

 

[StanCoChicken]

Update:
She's in the sling. She's now accepting water and a little bit of egg. I'm not sure if this is Placebo, but she seems a little more livelier once she had food and water

 

[StanCoChicken]

Update #2:
She isn't eating anything at all. It seems like she's trying to drink water, but she doesn't seem like she's drinking much. Every time she drinks she shakes her head a few times. She's still fairly vocal, but still cannot move. It's been about 5 days like this.