Hen Having Seizures, Please help

[ikoCRO]

Everything you said about what happens to your chicken,seems like a stroke. Since I am from Croatia, where summers are quite hot, strokes often happen due to the heat. Unfortunately, we remove such chickens from the flock.

 

[aart]

Save a Chick probably has everything in it she needs, but read the ingredients to be sure it contains sugar. It won't hurt to add a bit more sugar if you wish. It's the glucose that directly feeds the brain and it could calm the seizures.

Dextrose it the 3rd ingredient in Sav-a-Chick electrolytes/vitamins.

Can mix up a smaller amount, just wrap the packet tight and store in a dry cool place.
Always have plain water available too.

 

[Farm life101]

Same bird in your other thread a few months ago?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-loosing-balance-and-tilting-her-head.1394922/

No that was a different hen who made a full recovery and has been perfect ever since

 

[Farm life101]

She still seems normal so far, although she seems a bit more nervous than usual. Should I keep her in the crate at night in the coop still?

 

[azygous]

She's likely antsy to rejoin her pals. Let her back with them, but keep an eye on her. If the seizures recur, give more Save-a-Chick. If this was just a matter of chemical imbalance, it won't be a continuing issue. But if her brain chemistry is off, she may require these electrolytes each time it happens. Then it would be more of a control issue than trying for a cure.

 

[Backyardchickens_expert]

So she is still doing okay, I believe it is something wrong with her that I won’t be able to fix but only manage. She will be fine and then one day just start being shaky not seizures that I’ve seen at least but shaky. Is there something quicker I could do when this happens instead of separating her in order for her to drink the water? Like giving her nutri-drench?
Thanks!
(Also I had to create a different account as I’m having issues with my farmlife101 account, but still the same person lol)

 

[LaFleche]

So she is still doing okay, I believe it is something wrong with her that I won’t be able to fix but only manage. She will be fine and then one day just start being shaky not seizures that I’ve seen at least but shaky. Is there something quicker I could do when this happens instead of separating her in order for her to drink the water? Like giving her nutri-drench?
Thanks!
(Also I had to create a different account as I’m having issues with my farmlife101 account, but still the same person lol)

Sometimes chickens can suffer from problems with vitamin B uptake as a congenital condition causing vitamin deficiencies that can also lead to seizures, staggering and disturbance of equilibrium.

 

[Backyardchickens_expert]

Sometimes chickens can suffer from problems with vitamin B uptake as a congenital condition causing vitamin deficiencies that can also lead to seizures, staggering and disturbance of equilibrium.

Would giving her vitamin b now help?

 

[azygous]

Try it. Use a B-complex as each B vitamin does something different. B-6 isn't a common one but it regulates nerve connections. Vitamin E also regulates neurological responses.

 

[LaFleche]

Would giving her vitamin b now help?

It might very well be the reason for her seizures. I once had a Russian Orloff cockerel suffering from this congenital condition which recovered each time after receiving the extra Vitamin B-complex.