Hen can't walk...

[THeelChickinKY]

Sorry - and a scrape on her side. I wonder if she went lame and was then taken advantage of by a rooster while she couldn't walk before we saw her.

 

[Soot the silkie]

I just read through the thread because I have a Dominique hen doing the same thing. We've brought her inside and she's alert and eating and drinking well. Her two symptoms are not walking (but she can move the legs) and unformed, terrible smelling waste. She has a cut on her head aND a scrape

That is probably Marek's I am sorry. My silkie recovered well but one day everything went downhill and she was dead that night.

 

[THeelChickinKY]

@Soot the silkie
Thanks for the input. She just seems so perky and normal other than not being able to walk! We'll see... at the moment she's inside the house eating scrambled eggs and listening to some Christmas music with us.

 

[Soot the silkie]

@Soot the silkie
Thanks for the input. She just seems so perky and normal other than not being able to walk! We'll see... at the moment she's inside the house eating scrambled eggs and listening to some Christmas music with us.

I know! That's how mine was. She liked scrambled eggs. And I played violin for her. (She didn't really like it, but I was trying to keep her alive so I figured she could suffer through some Mozart. But then again, maybe its because she hated my music so much that she decided one day "I would rather die than listen to more of that awful music.") I really hope its not the same for your chicken but it may be. Good luck.

 

[THeelChickinKY]

I wanted to provide a happy update on our chicken! We're now over 2 weeks out and she has improved very much. She has regained use of her legs and can walk by herself again, even if she's a bit wobbly. She started standing about 4 or 5 days ago and has progressed from there. Unfortunately, we've realized we have a hawk problem - we saw 2 of our little ones get eaten today. The bright side of that, though, is that we're pretty sure our girl was never sick but was wounded from a hawk encounter. I think there was internal damage to her leg from a hawk attack and she's healing from that.

 

[Soot the silkie]

I wanted to provide a happy update on our chicken! We're now over 2 weeks out and she has improved very much. She has regained use of her legs and can walk by herself again, even if she's a bit wobbly. She started standing about 4 or 5 days ago and has progressed from there. Unfortunately, we've realized we have a hawk problem - we saw 2 of our little ones get eaten today. The bright side of that, though, is that we're pretty sure our girl was never sick but was wounded from a hawk encounter. I think there was internal damage to her leg from a hawk attack and she's healing from that.

That is good! Well except for the hawk problem. I'm sorry if I discouraged you or anything, but I tend to treat others problems like what happened to me. I'm glad she's better

 

[Soot the silkie]

I'm sorry that I gave you bad advice.

 

[THeelChickinKY]

No, not bad advice! You were offering your experience; thanks for taking the time to do that.