HELP PLEASE Sick Pullet

[kaperi]

Also glad your girl is hanging in there & seems to be getting better. Wyorp Rock suggestion of B2/Riboflavin < iron for weak legs helped my chick with leg issues. I used the children's PolyVisol minus the iron (3 drops a day), boiled egg yolk mixed with his feed & carpeting for traction in it's bin. Seemed like forever but it was 2wks, he was walking (funny gait) and "recovered". It won't hurt and I'm hoping your girl continues to get better.

Thanks so much everyone for your help.
I keep trying to post pictures but the website says ERROR like my picture is not a good format, wich it is.. weird? (oh but today it worked. yay!)

Anyways, I started her deworming treatment. I continue to add Calcium with water and vitamins with a seringue twice a day. I feed her tuna in her layer feed and I take her out ALOT.
I take her often so her legs are stretched out, I try too put her on her legs with my support so she's able to stand up. I dont want her muscles to atrophy.. im afraid of that..
i even brought her to the coop yesterday to see her friends.. her attitude is great, the only remaining problem is that SHE'S NOT STANDING, and Im just afraid she won't.

I did a system where I can have her stand between two boxes, so she's able to stand without the full weight of her upper body..

I was able to have her stand for a couple seconds without falling down this morning!

This is my BOX system to make her stand
and the other one is her chilling with some on my dogs in the living room!

So i will check to get her some vitamin B. Any other suggestions ? Thoughts?

Again, thanks so much!!!

 

[kaperi]

I found B2 vitamins (50mg) but it also has B1-B6 and B12 in it. With biotin, folic acid.
Is it good for her condition? Was dosage do I give?

 

[Eggcessive]

Top 10 Vitamin B2 Rich Foods

• 1) Beef liver. 3 oz: 2.9 mg (over 100% DV)
• 2) Lamb. 3 oz: 3.9 mg (over 100% DV)
• 3) Milk. 1 cup: 0.45 mg (26% DV)
• 4) Natural yogurt. 1 cup: 0.57 (34% DV)
• 5) Mushrooms. ½ cup: 0.23 mg (14% DV)
• 6) Spinach. ½ c: 0.21 mg (12% DV)
• 7) Almonds. 1 oz: 0.323 mg (19% DV)
• 8) Sun-dried tomatoes.

You may want to make a sling or chair for her to sit in a few hours a day. Here are a few examples:

 

[Wyorp Rock]

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This is my BOX system to make her stand
and the other one is her chilling with some on my dogs in the living room!

So i will check to get her some vitamin B. Any other suggestions ? Thoughts?

Again, thanks so much!!!

I found B2 vitamins (50mg) but it also has B1-B6 and B12 in it. With biotin, folic acid.
Is it good for her condition? Was dosage do I give?

Poor sweet girl. It's wonderful that you are working with her. She looks content with her canine companions

You may want to look at making her a "sling" - these can be used for all sorts of conditions - but would put her upright for a while. The B2 vitamin sounds fine - personally I would crush one a day and add it to her feed to see if there is improvement. Excess B vitamins are water soluble and excess is excreted in the urine, so the risk of overdose is not as great as using a multi-vitamin.

Thank you for the update and photos. I do hope she recovers.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/546979/mareks-chicken-sling-pics-included

 

[kaperi]

Wow thanks so much!
You guys are angels, I wouldn't have done it without you!

I never heard of a sling before but kept thinking she would be so much better holding up, and strenghting her legs. I tried a lot of things but the sling is def. my next step.

I brought her to the coop while I was deworming her sisters and I saw a vivid interest in her to fly to her branch where they are used to sleep. So I tried, her, perched her there and she stood in balance for a couple seconds. so I but her one in the house. She could hold for 2 minutes, wich is pretty good to me.
I'll start the vitamin B2 tonight as well

I tried to post the picture but still tells me the size isn't ok.
Ill try again later

Thanks so much for the tips

 

[kaperi]

There we go

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm glad to hear that seeing her friends perked her up a bit.

Some people bring in another bird to "visit" occasionally as well.

Please do keep us posted.

 

[kaperi]

Good day!
We'll the sling is a SUCCESS!
I made it with a reusable grocery bag. I cut three holes in the bottom and a large opening for her neck.
The second I put her in, she was eating and drinking happily. I guess she wasn't eating as much as she wanted because she was uncomfortable on her stomach.
im able to have her stand on a bar for minutes a a time, she can also stand for 30 seconds on her legs without help if I deposit her gently on the ground.

I think we're making improvements over here. YAY!

I also crushed her vitamin B2 and she's eating it before her own food wich is great.

I wonder if she will regain full use of her legs and start walking again, like before..

 

[Eggcessive]

That is great news. I knew those shopping bags were good for other things,LOL. She looks pretty sweet in her picture.

 

[kaperi]

That is great news. I knew those shopping bags were good for other things,LOL. She looks pretty sweet in her picture.

Thanks! I love this little girl. I got her she was 3 weeks old, I was devastated when I found her half dead last week.

This is her standing for a couple minutes on the bar