Dying Hen.... more than a broken leg???

[Ravynscroft]

here is a photo i just took

Rule out egg bound, that's not a hen, lol...

Try getting some Nutridrench Poultry vitamins and giving him a few drops straight, 2-3x's per day...

 

[sourland]

I'm sorry isnt that a cockerel?

Yes, it's a cockerel.

 

[bobbi-j]

And a very handsome one at that!

 

[Ruralhideaway]

He really does look so much better. I was afraid I was wrong and missed something but thought that was a he! I still look at some of my pullets twice to be sure.

 

[BYC910]

UPDATE... LAST NIGHT I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SHE HAD NOT PASSED YET. AS SHE WAS LOOKING VERY GRIM AND QUITE MOTIONLESS. i GOT HOME FROM WORKED A AND SHE WAS STILL WITH US... THIS IS HARD TO SEE AND I WAS SO TORN ON WHAT TO DO... BECAUSE ALL OF MY OPTIONS WERE HARD TO COMPREHEND... DO I DO NOTHING AND LET HER SUFFER, SO I MAKE HER EAT AND DRINK AND PROLONG THE PROCESS, DO I DSTOP FOOD AND WATER AND SPEED IT UP, OR DO I COME UP WITH A WAY TO HUMAINLY PUT HER OUT OF HER MISERY... SO I ASKED MY FAMILY. ... SO MY STEP DAUGHTER (WHO GET MAD AT ME WHEN I TRAP THE RATS AND MICE) CONVINCED US TO CONTINUE FEEDING AND WATERING....

WELL THIS MORNING I FOUND A CHICKEN ALIVE AND SITTING UP, STILL NOT MOVING , BUT DEFINITELY NOT LAYED OUT ON HER BACK. I REFILLED HER WATER AND FOOD WHICH SHE ATE ALL LAST NIGHT AND SHE BEGAN EATING AND DRINKING RIGHT AWAY. HER LEGS STILL SEEM LIMP BUT YESTURDAY I COULD EVEN MAKE HER SIT UP IN THE ROOST POSITION AND THIS MORNING SHE WAS UP ON HER OWN SITTING UP....
DO CHICKENS RECOVER FROM MEREKS ON THERE OWN?? COULD IT STILL BE SOMETHING ELSE... OH I AM SO CONFUSED

Yes some do recover from mareks . If in fact that's what it was . Believe when I say I have tried ever type of drug available to me without success . I have lost every one that had those symptoms. But maerks is just one of many viruses that afflict chickens . The chicken didn't die so now we won't know . The recovery is miraculous. It's kinda like why did the chicken cross the road So how are you taking the other news ?

 

[microchick]

I'm sorry that you have been having problems. He certainly is a pretty boy.

I've been fighting Marek's in my flock for the past almost 2 years. I'm so very sorry but that does look like Marek's paralysis to me. I have lost a 9 week old pullet to the same type of paralysis. She weakened over a 3-4 day span until she was no longer eating, hiding in a corner and the other birds picked at her. I put her down other than have her suffer. Up until she stopped eating she was keeping up with the best of them.

I have also lost birds to visceral and neural Marek's and have 3 birds right now with ocular.

If you rooster doesn't make it, I would advise you to have a necropsy done. And no, having it in your flock is not a death sentence for the rest of your birds. Yes, you may loose other birds but you won't loose all of them and those that survive will be your resistant birds that you can breed for your flocks continuation.

The big thing is IF your bird has Marek's don't let any birds leave your property. Yes, the disease is airborne, wild bird spread and even carried on the shoes of your mailman but not letting your birds spread it to another flock is just good animal husbandry. You can bring vaccinated chicks into your flock or vaccinate chicks you hatch yourself from your own birds. IF you do have Marek's in your flock it isn't the end and you wouldn't be the only one dealing with it. Trust me. There are lots of us out there and we are more than willing to help with support and offer advice.

Good luck. I truly hope it isn't Marek's.

 

[Harestad Farm]

I'm sorry isnt that a cockerel?

i dont know??? hasnt crowed... it was givin to us with another and was told it was a hen... the comb never grew in... though the other one tht was givin to us definately ended up being a male

 

[bobbi-j]

i dont know??? hasnt crowed... it was givin to us with another and was told it was a hen... the comb never grew in... though the other one tht was givin to us definately ended up being a male

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That's probably why they were given to you... This one is definitely a male. You can tell by the long, pointy feathers on the base of his neck, his back, and near his tail. His tail is also a dead giveaway. The comb is not a large single comb (I didn't look close enough to see if it's a pea or rose comb) so it's not going to get very tall.

 

[Ravynscroft]

i dont know??? hasnt crowed... it was givin to us with another and was told it was a hen... the comb never grew in... though the other one tht was givin to us definately ended up being a male

That is 100% a male, he is an Easter Egger with a pea comb, that's why it is small...

 

[sourland]

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That's probably why they were given to you... This one is definitely a male. You can tell by the long, pointy feathers on the base of his neck, his back, and near his tail. His tail is also a dead giveaway. The comb is not a large single comb (I didn't look close enough to see if it's a pea or rose comb) so it's not going to get very tall.

Yes.

That is 100% a male, he is an Easter Egger with a pea comb, that's why it is small...

And yes again.