HELP - Worms, prolapse, gapeworm, mites?

[babybop11]

Could be due to worms, hopefully she'll improve with deworming and some TLC.

When I woke up this morning, she’s seeming to have minor trouble with her balance and she’s like weirdly and slowly drifting her head side to side like she can’t keep it perfectly still. We have been giving her vitamin e, b complex, d3, and calcium. I don’t know what else to do

 

[babybop11]

@Eggcessive @azygous help please! she now won’t open her eyes

 

[Eggcessive]

She looks to be having seizure-like activity. That can be something going on in her brain, inflammation or an illness, head injury, etc. Is she able to eat and drink today? Is this neurological behavior all of time or for short periods? Have you ever had a bird with Mareks? Seizure activity can be common in some chickens. Are you giving human vitamin E 400 IU daily? And how much super b complex? I would give 1/4 tablet daily for thiamine, alone with a spoonful of cooked egg yolk for selenium.

 

[babybop11]

She looks to be having seizure-like activity. That can be something going on in her brain, inflammation or an illness, head injury, etc. Is she able to eat and drink today? Is this neurological behavior all of time or for short periods? Have you ever had a bird with Mareks? Seizure activity can be common in some chickens. Are you giving human vitamin E 400 IU daily? And how much super b complex? I would give 1/4 tablet daily for thiamine, alone with a spoonful of cooked egg yolk for selenium.

Yes, we were giving her all of that, she actually just passed away. We have never had a bird with a confirmed case of Mareks but a couple who presently similarly and we put down (over a year ago and this bird is about a year old). This one was strange because she was eating and drinking normally up until this morning. The past few days she was listless and just kind of standing still, but still eating and drinking and had none of these neck movements. I have another video here of her once it got worse. It progressed VERY quickly once she started behaving this way this morning. Could it in any way be associated with worms? We’ve been treating all of our birds for round worms for four days and she started seeming “off” just a few days before we spotted the worms in another bird’s droppings. Video:

 

[Eggcessive]

I’m sorry that you lost her. Is there anything toxic in your environment, such as plant, insecticide, or lead shot that could have poisoned her? You could open her abdomen and look in her crop, intestines, and gizzard for any metal. Also you could take some pictures of her liver, intestines, and other organs which might give us some clues. What was the worming medicine that you gave her? Where are you located? Have there been any reports of avian influenza or Newcastles in your state? Many chickens during dying will exhibit wry neck or twisting of the neck just as they pass away. But if she was doing it for awhile, that is related to what was wrong with her.

 

[babybop11]

I’m sorry that you lost her. Is there anything toxic in your environment, such as plant, insecticide, or lead shot that could have poisoned her? You could open her abdomen and look in her crop, intestines, and gizzard for any metal. Also you could take some pictures of her liver, intestines, and other organs which might give us some clues. What was the worming medicine that you gave her?

we were giving Safeguard. Also I just remembered all the birds were vaccinated for Mareks as chicks. I may or may not open her up, I’ve never done it before so I’m nervous. Nothing toxic in the environment that I know of.

 

[Eggcessive]

You can keep her body cold on ice in a small cooler in case you change your mind about a necropsy. Your state vet lab could possible do one as well. Mareks can cause wry neck, but the seizure activity or neurological movements are not common in Mareks. Are there any plants or incecticides in your environment that mught be toxic? The first necropsies I did were hard to do, but I was anxious to see what might have caused a death. It is never easy, but I learned a lot about diseases. Sometimes you don’t find an answer. People post their necropsy photos her often, and many things may give a clue to what was wrong. If you watch the video below, you can see what normal organs look like.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

 

[babybop11]

You can keep her body cold on ice in a small cooler in case you change your mind about a necropsy. Your state vet lab could possible do one as well. Mareks can cause wry neck, but the seizure activity or neurological movements are not common in Mareks. Are there any plants or incecticides in your environment that mught be toxic? The first necropsies I did were hard to do, but I was anxious to see what might have caused a death. It is never easy, but I learned a lot about diseases. Sometimes you don’t find an answer. People post their necropsy photos her often, and many things may give a clue to what was wrong. If you watch the video below, you can see what normal organs look like.

I did it, I didn’t do a great job but I did my best with what I had. I took photos of what I could but I was doing it by myself. Please no judgement, I really tried my best. The crop was completely empty. She had two soft eggs in her body cavity- I’m not sure if that’s where they usually are? something green I wasn’t able to identify… I circled the things that appeared odd to me.

 

[Eggcessive]

The green thing is her gallbladder. You did a very good job, especially for a first timer. The liver appears normal. Her breast muscle seems small. The eggs inside her abdomen is when the eggs go up into the abdomen from reverse peristalsis, instead of passing down through the oviduct. That is called internal laying and causes salpingitis, and egg yolk peritonitis. Nothing else jumps out at me, but maybe others will notice something. I still have no clue what caused the. neurological symptoms. Thanks for posting these pictures.