help! sick chick!

[Burbs03]

I think my chick is sick, she is lighter than her sister, crouching, and is unable to pick up her head and when she stands up she starts walking backwards, she also has scissor beak.

 

[Bantam lover132]

First separate her from the other chickens

 

[Bantam lover132]

She might have marecs disease.

 

[Burbs03]

thank you, there is only one other chick, (the others died, i thought there was something wrong with their hatch, they were a different breed) i put her in a cage inside the brooder, so they don't get stressed

 

[Burbs03]

can some one else confirm

 

[Bantam lover132]

Marek's disease is a highly contagious viral neoplasticdisease in chickens. It is named after József Marek, a Hungarian veterinarian. Marek's disease is caused by an alphaherpesvirus known as 'Marek's disease virus' (MDV) or Gallid herpesvirus 2 (GaHV-2).

 

[Burbs03]

Her eyes aren't discolored, and her pupils react properly, but she has discharge around her eyes and nose. she has lost weight, which can be sign of a tumor, but could also just be a sign of sickness, is this mareks or something else

 

[Bantam lover132]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/st-johns-wort.135247/

 

[Bantam lover132]

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/mareksdisease.html

 

[DocBirdBrain]

The scissor beak makes it difficulty for her to eat on her own. It's possible she is weak from not getting enough calories in.
Can you hand feed her and watch to make sure she's eating and drinking ok? Here's a thread that might help:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-feed-crooked-cross-scissor-beak-chicken.664893/
Give her several days of getting plenty to eat before we try to diagnose her with an additional disease!
Best of luck to you.