Floppy legs, not eating, loose stool

[SweetShe]

Morning,

We have a 2 year old Australorp that has gone lame.

3 days ago we noticed her sitting on the ground a lot and not walking much.

A day later she lost all control oif her legs. They are totally limp and she leans to one side because she cannot get her feet under her.

She also has loose/runny stool that is greenish.

Also not eating or taking much water in.

We have her quarantined in hopes that what she has does not spread to our other hens.

We do not beleive it Merricks disease in that what we have read referes to lesions which she is not exhibiting at this time.

We started her on tylan yesterday but seems to have done little

Any ideas??

 

[SweetShe]

To add on more to the prior note ...

My daughter found a chicken poop that had a white worm about 2" long and the diameter of a "thin" piece of angel hair pasta noodle.

We also just returned from the feed store where we talked with someone who suggested we treat all of our hens with Corid for the next 5 days in their water thinking that we have have a case of cocccidiosis.

Since the downed hen is not taking water, we will use a syringe to get it down here.

Once again, any other info would be great

 

[CayugaLover]

you did the right thing quarintining your astrailiaorp. i don't know much about worms, but that sounds like what your bird has. i haven't ever had to treat worms, so i don't know how to treat them. i'll let you know if i find anything on them! and

 

[seminolewind]

I think I would treat for worms. In Marek's, the lesions are on their organs. Generally, a classic symptom is what your hen is doing, no use of her legs. If her stool is that bright green color, she may have been wasting for a while, and you may have seen her eating, but they are really not swallowing anything.

I hope it's something else. Coccidiosis would not cause paralysis or not able to use her legs. Please update.