Hen in critical condition, please help.

[Farm life101]

Hello all,
So i have a hen who at first just had a limp on her leg which i assumed she sprained it. we had bobcats (machine not animal) in our backyard going near the chicken coop and they were all flying around and running like crazy. so she can walk fine now however she isn't doing good. she stopped eating and drinking about a week ago. i have been "force" feeding her and giving her water. i have normal tap water in a chicken waterer in the cage with her and i have her normal feed and then a feed that i mixed with water just so that she has options. i'm giving her durvet vitamins and electrolytes for poultry in the morning and afternoon when i have to force water and then Backyard chickens Healthy Flock water at night. The feed she is on is nutrena naturewise chicken feed crumbles. we normally have her along with 17 other chickens in their 10x20 coop and we allow them to free range when we are home so about 3-5 hours of free ranging time. she also hardly ever stands up and when i set her on my lab she has no balance. I've got no clue what do or whats going on with her. she has been isolated for 2 weeks now with supervised visits with her friends to make sure they don't pick on her. here are images of the water mixes im using

 

[staceyj]

Will she eat anything tempting or “yummy” like mealworms, scrambled eggs, yogurt...?

Can you take some pictures of her?
Could she be eggbound?
Has she been laying eggs?

 

[azygous]

The vitamins and nutrients are a good start, and often do perk up a chicken that seems "off". But it sounds as if the hen has a progressive disease. The only clues in your narrative are the inability to balance and stand. Unfortunately, Marek's comes to mind.

How long have you had this hen? How old is she? Have any other of your chickens had these symptoms? Have any of your chickens had these symptoms and died? Where did you get your chickens? Raised hatchery chicks? Or were they from a private breeder?

 

[staceyj]

Following up what @azygous stated by adding that sometimes an injury or stress can trigger it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is an earlier thread by the OP that may have more info:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hen-got-trampled.1290675/

 

[Farm life101]

Will she eat anything tempting or “yummy” like mealworms, scrambled eggs, yogurt...?

Can you take some pictures of her?
Could she be eggbound?
Has she been laying eggs?

No she won’t eat any of her normal treats or yogurt. Haven’t tried scrambled eggs but I will. She dosent feel like she is eggbound but she has stopped laying eggs. Will get pictures when I get home.

 

[Farm life101]

The vitamins and nutrients are a good start, and often do perk up a chicken that seems "off". But it sounds as if the hen has a progressive disease. The only clues in your narrative are the inability to balance and stand. Unfortunately, Marek's comes to mind.

How long have you had this hen? How old is she? Have any other of your chickens had these symptoms? Have any of your chickens had these symptoms and died? Where did you get your chickens? Raised hatchery chicks? Or were they from a private breeder?

We have had her along with 3 others from the same batch for about a year. She is about a year old. No other chickens are like this at all. We got them through a very well known hatchery that has always had good chicks.

 

[Farm life101]

The vitamins and nutrients are a good start, and often do perk up a chicken that seems "off". But it sounds as if the hen has a progressive disease. The only clues in your narrative are the inability to balance and stand. Unfortunately, Marek's comes to mind.

How long have you had this hen? How old is she? Have any other of your chickens had these symptoms? Have any of your chickens had these symptoms and died? Where did you get your chickens? Raised hatchery chicks? Or were they from a private breeder?

I have had chickens with Mareks disease and that wiped out a quarter of our flock then we waited a while before we got more chickens and it’s been like a year and a half since that happened. But she dosent seem to have the same symptoms as they did.

 

[Eggcessive]

If you lose her, I would try to get a necropsy by your state poultry lab to look for Mareks or whatever was wrong. In the meatime, try cooked egg, bits of tuna, liver, or Friskies pate canned cat food (my sick hen’s personal fave.) Moistened chicken feed is best for her, but tempt her with the goodies. Sometimes Mareks can be set off by a stressful time, but I hope that is not her problem.

 

[Eggcessive]

I have had chickens with Mareks disease and that wiped out a quarter of our flock then we waited a while before we got more chickens and it’s been like a year and a half since that happened. But she dosent seem to have the same symptoms as they did.

Well, since you have had Mareks before, the chances are good that Mareks could be a problem. It can last in the environment for months, even years since it spreads by the dust and dander. Hopefully, it is not though.