Dislocated Hip?? and Wonky Chick

[PurpleCArTires]

Neither Mary Lou or Midget have lost weight

 

[azygous]

Your Durvet B-complex appears to be mainly B-12. I question why it's called B-complex. You are free to use it, but my own preference is for Walmart B-100 complex that has all of the necessary B-vitamins (2, 6 and 12) that will heal nerve connections.

 

[azygous]

You really do need to get a necropsy on the next chicken that dies or is close to death. I would bet real American dollars you have an avian virus in your flock. If you are selling birds hatched from your flock, it's critically ethical to get this issue cleared up. While Marek's is passed from bird to bird, Leucosis can be passed directly to embryos in the eggs from the hen who laid them. Leucosis is also passed to chicks from an infected hen who broods them.

Is Taneytown in Maryland? The wise thing would be to contact your state lab now for instructions so you will be ready to get the "specimen" to them as quickly as possible.

 

[PurpleCArTires]

Your Durvet B-complex appears to be mainly B-12. I question why it's called B-complex. You are free to use it, but my own preference is for Walmart B-100 complex that has all of the necessary B-vitamins (2, 6 and 12) that will heal nerve connections.

I'll see if I can get something different. i need to go to CVS later today to grab some meds for my son, so I will look there.

 

[PurpleCArTires]

You really do need to get a necropsy on the next chicken that dies or is close to death. I would bet real American dollars you have an avian virus in your flock. If you are selling birds hatched from your flock, it's critically ethical to get this issue cleared up. While Marek's is passed from bird to bird, Leucosis can be passed directly to embryos in the eggs from the hen who laid them. Leucosis is also passed to chicks from an infected hen who broods them.

Is Taneytown in Maryland? The wise thing would be to contact your state lab now for instructions so you will be ready to get the "specimen" to them as quickly as possible.

Its possible. I looked into it, I have to ship them or drive them an hour away. I dont sell live birds, and only eggs for human consumption (they arent stored for hatching) - cant keep people from trying tho I guess.

I've never heard of Leucosis. I just googled a bit. It would be worth sending a dead one in. We havent had any mysterious deaths in awhile tho. So i'll be on the look out for the next one. Thanks for the info!

 

[PurpleCArTires]

The coincidence of both of these chickens coming down with these symptoms has me suspect an avian virus, leaning toward it being lymphoid leucosis. The symptoms remind me of my own experience a couple years ago with three pullets of mine. I made a thread (very long) documenting what happened. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...update-now-another-pullet-going-lame.1432738/

I want to be clear they both have very different symptoms.

One has a leg injury that appears to be improving.

And the other had a seizure type episode and days where she looks like she is dying and then totally fine.

Both are eating and drinking on their own and maintaining weight

 

[azygous]

Symptoms of leucosis and Marek's are not uniform and consistent. They can vary individually. I have Leucosis in my flock and symptoms have run the gamut.

Treating for simple vitamin deficiency is one easy way to rule out avian virus. If they get better and recover fully, it's not a virus. If they get worse, a virus should be suspected.

When I've gotten necropsies from my state lab, only two labs being here in Colorado, I drove the birds to the lab two hours away. Four hours round trip. It was worth every minute on the road to get confirmation of the disease.

 

[PurpleCArTires]

Symptoms of leucosis and Marek's are not uniform and consistent. They can vary individually. I have Leucosis in my flock and symptoms have run the gamut.

Treating for simple vitamin deficiency is one easy way to rule out avian virus. If they get better and recover fully, it's not a virus. If they get worse, a virus should be suspected.

When I've gotten necropsies from my state lab, only two labs being here in Colorado, I drove the birds to the lab two hours away. Four hours round trip. It was worth every minute on the road to get confirmation of the disease.

I'll keep you posted on their vitamin treatments. thank you for the information

 

[LawrenceHomestead]

Its possible. I looked into it, I have to ship them or drive them an hour away. I dont sell live birds, and only eggs for human consumption (they arent stored for hatching) - cant keep people from trying tho I guess.

I've never heard of Leucosis. I just googled a bit. It would be worth sending a dead one in. We havent had any mysterious deaths in awhile tho. So i'll be on the look out for the next one. Thanks for the info!

One of my chickens has a leg just like this today. Her left leg is just dangling there. No obvious injury. I didn’t know about a vitamin deficiency possibility so I’ll try that first as well. Praying it’s not a virus!

 

[LawrenceHomestead]

Symptoms of leucosis and Marek's are not uniform and consistent. They can vary individually. I have Leucosis in my flock and symptoms have run the gamut.

Treating for simple vitamin deficiency is one easy way to rule out avian virus. If they get better and recover fully, it's not a virus. If they get worse, a virus should be suspected.

When I've gotten necropsies from my state lab, only two labs being here in Colorado, I drove the birds to the lab two hours away. Four hours round trip. It was worth every minute on the road to get confirmation of the disease.

How do you give the chicken the vitamins?