Hen Won't Walk! Please Help!

[rebrascora]

Can you upload a short video of her and how she moves when you try to stand her up, to You Tube and then post a link.
There are two likely possibilities..... she is suffering from joint issues as a result of her breeding/size or she has Marek's Disease. There are other ailments that it may be but these are the commonest for a bird of her breeding and age.
Do you have any male birds that may have been trying to mate her?

 

[Pyxis]

She does look like she could be a cornish cross. Any chance you can get a weight on her? I'm not sure if you saw this question in my last post, do you restrict their feed to prevent overeating?

 

[Lochloosachicks]

I hate to say it, but I was thinking Mareks too. How long has it been? With her not being able to move her legs at all I can't think of what else it would be.

 

[rebrascora]

Also, when you say she has been drinking a lot but not eating much, have you checked her crop and what does her breast bone feel like? Does she feel well covered or quite thin? I'm wondering if she may have a partial impaction that has made her too weak to support herself ....as a third possible option

 

[EmieHB]

She does look like she could be a cornish cross. Any chance you can get a weight on her? I'm not sure if you saw this question in my last post, do you restrict their feed to prevent overeating?

I was planning on weighing her tomorrow since at the moment, I have nothing. I do restrict them from eating so much but they are free ranged. I feed them every other day around 11 am. I pinched her toe and she only pulled away a little I kept going and she didn' pull away no more.

 

[EmieHB]

Can you upload a short video of her and how she moves when you try to stand her up, to You Tube and then post a link.
There are two likely possibilities..... she is suffering from joint issues as a result of her breeding/size or she has Marek's Disease. There are other ailments that it may be but these are the commonest for a bird of her breeding and age.
Do you have any male birds that may have been trying to mate her?

Im uploading one now. I have a small rooster that goes after other hens, he doesn't seem to try and mate with the Cornish but even if he did, he' very small.

 

[Pyxis]

I was planning on weighing her tomorrow since at the moment, I have nothing. I do restrict them from eating so much but they are free ranged. I feed them every other day around 11 am. I pinched her toe and she only pulled away a little I kept going and she didn' pull away no more.

If she had feeling and could move the leg a bit then she can't be totally paralyzed. Any swelling in the joints of the legs?

Can you compare her to this conditioning chart and say which number she's most like?

 

[EmieHB]

Also, when you say she has been drinking a lot but not eating much, have you checked her crop and what does her breast bone feel like? Does she feel well covered or quite thin? I'm wondering if she may have a partial impaction that has made her too weak to support herself ....as a third possible option

I quiet honestly can't tell. She seems skinny but at the same time she's not.

 

[EmieHB]

Here's the video. On the first day she did stand up after a salt soak but that was the last time she tried.

 

[EmieHB]

I hate to say it, but I was thinking Mareks too. How long has it been? With her not being able to move her legs at all I can't think of what else it would be.

2 days