Littlechickies12

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i have a roughly 20 month old silkie hen. She has been super broody the past 10 days and have been pulling her out of the nesting box every day to try break it, but she would also sometimes get kicked out by my 2 bantam Cochins who also wanted to use this particular box. They would sometimes pile up and the past 5 days it seemed they were cooperative and sharing. went back to pulling them out and they would eventually try hop back in. My 3 silkies sleep separately and when I went to let them out this morning, the “broody” girl couldn’t get up. Flapped her wings but no standing up or walking. She just sits. Doesn’t seem to be able to use her legs. Her toes were curled, I fed her nutridrench, egg yolk (which she loved) and layer feed. Added a bit of selenium and had water with vitamins plus fresh water. Her toes are now uncurled but still cannot get up. Her crop feels squishy and has all day, but it’s not super full. She is isolated in a crate indoors but she has always been a very skittish chicken that freaks out easily so she tries to flap her wings to move around sometimes. Any ideas or help is so appreciated. I am absolutely gutted about this.
 
Get a B complex or super B complex tablet or capsule, human ones, any pharmacy. Give her 1/2 of one daily. Riboflavin and thiamine deficiencies can cause hock sitting and curled toes, and other neuromuscular symptoms. See if you get improvement with those.
For breaking broodies (which you should do if they aren't going to hatch eggs - being broody is hard on them as they often don't eat or drink well), a broody breaker crate is the easiest way. Wire crate raised up off the ground, no bedding or nesting material, their own food and water. They stay in there til they change their mind. Examples below.
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Get a B complex or super B complex tablet or capsule, human ones, any pharmacy. Give her 1/2 of one daily. Riboflavin and thiamine deficiencies can cause hock sitting and curled toes, and other neuromuscular symptoms. See if you get improvement with those.
For breaking broodies (which you should do if they aren't going to hatch eggs - being broody is hard on them as they often don't eat or drink well), a broody breaker crate is the easiest way. Wire crate raised up off the ground, no bedding or nesting material, their own food and water. They stay in there til they change their mind. Examples below.
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Seems she is loaded with yeast. Smells like sour crop and the crop is squishy. Started her on monistat orally and in and around vent. Still continuing poultry cell treatment for vitamin deficiency. The nearest poultry vet is a few hours away and can’t see her until Tuesday. Any other suggestions or help? I’m terrified.
 

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