Chicken walking like intoxicated?

[JuneJustice]

My 3 month old chicken Rosita suddenly started favoring one leg and limping yesterday. Today she is wobbling, falling down and having a hard time walking period. She's eating and drinking fine, still cheery and affectionate but impairment is remarkable. The rest of the flock is fine so far. I did massage Vaseline into their legs for pest prevention and they have all been in the aviary for 2 days because a hawk killed one of my others two days ago. I have 74 acres, so they normally only stay in the coop to sleep. I'm really worried, it seems neurological almost. I have combed through her for injuries and found none. They have not been vaccinated for Marek's.

 

[629522]

I am following because I have an older Buff Orpington hen with the same symptoms. We have her isolated on the porch. Like your bird she is eating and drinking, it's just the stumbling that is concerning. We are doing electrolytes for support and gave her scrambled eggs to encourage her to eat.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is she using her wings to help balance and putting weight on the weak leg? If you can post a short video of her walking around to YouTube or Vimeo with a link posted here, or at least a picture of her as she is resting, that might help. Mareks can affect young chickens at this age and up, with imbalance, a weak leg or dropping wing. Injuries or being hurt by an older chicken can be common. Hopefully, it is not Mareks. Chickens with Mareks may have different symptoms, and may lie down with one leg forward and one one under then or behind. Here is some reading about Mareks:

http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/vdl-mareks-disease-fact-sheet.pdf

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

 

[JuneJustice]

I have a video

 

[JuneJustice]

Is she using her wings to help balance and putting weight on the weak leg? If you can post a short video of her walking around to YouTube or Vimeo with a link posted here, or at least a picture of her as she is resting, that might help. Mareks can affect young chickens at this age and up, with imbalance, a weak leg or dropping wing. Injuries or being hurt by an older chicken can be common. Hopefully, it is not Mareks. Chickens with Mareks may have different symptoms, and may lie down with one leg forward and one one under then or behind. Here is some reading about Mareks:

http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/vdl-mareks-disease-fact-sheet.pdf

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

 

[JuneJustice]

I read all this info on Marek's after I posted, and it really is sounding like a bingo. None of the others are showing symptoms yet, and from what I'm seeing? There's nothing I can do in the way of vaccinations NOW. So what do I do? Isolation? Complete wash down? The dander would literally be everywhere because they all cuddle and sleep together. Even the peacock
I'm freaking out.

 

[Eggcessive]

Mareks mostly only affects chickens, although I believe quail may also get it. Since we are only guessing, and Mareks can only be diagnosed either with a necropsy after death, or from a pcr blood test on a live bird. Vaccines now would not help, since all birds would have been exposed at the same time. It is a contagious virus spread by feather dander and dust. It is worldwide and can be carried by wild birds, and tracked in on shoes, clothing, etc. I would continue to observe her, leave her with her flock, and consider getting a pcr test. Here is a link where they will send you items to collect a blood test from a trimmed toenail, and you would send it back in for a pcr Mareks test, all for around $40.
https://www.vetdna.com/application/forms/aviansubmittalform.pdf