Help! My chicken was flopped on her back today

[Gooselover567]

They have been eating a lot of scratch recently and not really the starter grower/layer pellets.

 

[Eggcessive]

Can a flock with crd also have mareks at the same time?

A chronic respiratory disease is a totally separate issue. But if it is Mareks, and it can only be diagnosed with a test, Mareks causes chickens to have issues with poor immunity to fighting off common diseases.

Try to get them eating more of their usual chicken feed. Scratch is preferred by most chickens, but it lacks half the protein and other vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. My chickens are molting, and they are eating little of their feed. But when I go near the can with the scratch grains, they go nuts. So they only get a small treat before roost time, or none at all. It is hard to make them eat their feed, but that is what they need most.

 

[Gooselover567]

Is their diet the problem then do you think?

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Is their diet the problem then do you think?

It is possible. Feed them a 20% protein chick feed or All Flock feed, and give them Vitamin B complex Supplement in their feed or water.

 

[Gooselover567]

Today I crushed up half a B complex tablet and mixed it with water and fed it to her through a dropper. Hopefully that fixes the problem.

 

[Gooselover567]

How long will it take giving her the vitamin B to see improvement? She is getting worse.

 

[Eggcessive]

I’m sorry that she is not better. How is she getting worse? Is she having more lameness or is her respiratory problem getting worse? Is she taking any liquids or eating?

 

[Gooselover567]

Now she is sitting down/falling more often and she has a harder time getting to her feet after she falls or lays down.

 

[Gooselover567]

But she is still eating and drinking so far

 

[Gooselover567]

How much vitamin B before she starts improving do you think?