I’m devistated

[Chey1214]

I'm trying to determine your ammonia level that your chickens are dealing with. From what you've mentioned of your routine I can see your chickens developing issues.

As for the feed, my concerns would be mold developing around there feed stations exposure to it can be dangerous for chickens.

But since I don't know much of how your maintaining it. I can only hope you can maybe be more proactive in these instances. Just trying to help.

I have two windows inside my coop that I keep open about 4 inches. It provides nice ventilation . There isn’t much build up of poop inside the coop. When I head out I’ll snap a picture

I also have a dehumidifier running to pull any moisture to avoid mold

I have been feeding them pellets, oats and scratch grain. I check it often to ensure there is no mold.

 

[Stephine]

It sounds like it could be Marek‘s. How old is your girl?
Don’t think it’s your coop, that does sound ok. Though personally, I don’t believe in power washing and disinfecting the coop: both bacteria and mold need water to be happy and I wouldn’t want to introduce that much water to the inside of my coop (unless it was made out of plastic or metal and could be dried off). As far as disinfecting, I don’t think there’s much chickens pick up from their coop, per se. They will much more likely be infected by flockmates and wildlife, so unless you have a new infectious outbreak and have already removed all infectious birds, there is little point to that. It’s more important to keep the coop nice and dry, and the birds well fed, hydrated and stress free.
If you have Marek‘s in the flock, it makes sense to clean out the coop (dry) well after an outbreak, because sick birds shed a lot of the virus, but any birds that have been infected without showing symptoms (because they are protected by the vaccine), will also shed the virus, as long as they live, so there is no point in going overboard.
So sorry you have to deal with this. I hope the vaccine will work for you - though I have read that what is available to small breeders is not as effective as the vaccines the big hatcheries use. If you can keep your chicks well separated from your flock and ensure good biosecurity to avoid Marek’s exposure for their first five months of life, it seems that they are immune to Marek‘s after that.

 

[Chey1214]

Do you have photos of how they are housed - your coop/run set up?

I see she's in a cage right now? Do you have current photos of her and her poop - like from today?

Could she have gotten a foot or leg hung in the cage and injured it?

If she's being kept from feed, then some, maybe most of her problems may be due to lack of eating and drinking.

She's sneezing? Have you added new birds recently?

I'd see that she's eating her chick starter, work on hydration. I'd also give 1/4tablet B-Complex to see if that helps with the legs.

Have you had any testing done to confirm that you are dealing with Marek's? That's always a good idea if possible, this way you know for sure.

Curious what you mean about 3 Rounds of the Vaccine, do you mean 3 Vials of vaccine that you have are waiting to rehydrate come springtime and vaccinate day old chicks?
You have a brooder where the chicks can be quarantined away from others so they are not exposed to the virus for a couple of weeks right?

And this pullet is your breeding program? What are your goals?

Her poop looks normal, I cought it early. Normal urates no green bile.

No I have not added new birds. My problems came about when I added two ayam ceramies to my flock last spring. I did isolate them for a month.

I’ll start the b complex today! For now she has rooster booster vitamins and electrolytes in her water.

I have not gotten testing done, I’m going all off observation and research. I could be totally wrong!

Yes rehydrate come spring when and if I hatch more

I put my chickens in my shed so they are away from one another. I have solar light in there for them.

My end goal is to have the coolest looking Fibro Easter egger out there!!

As for the cage, it’s not in the coop, it was only in there for a couple hours yesterday as I got her other brooder ready. I never keep them in the coop.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

feeding them pellets, oats and scratch grain.

What type of pellets - I may have missed it - are you feeding an all flock or chick starter feed?

I'd cut out the scratch and oats for now and focus on giving chick starter or an all flock feed that is 18-20% protein.

 

[Chey1214]

What type of pellets - I may have missed it - are you feeding an all flock or chick starter feed?

I'd cut out the scratch and oats for now and focus on giving chick starter or an all flock feed that is 18-20% protein.

Yes all flock! The purple bag lol!
She’s doing somewhat better today I feed her 3 times a day. Tomorrow my actual tube feeder comes in the mail. Poops are looking great doesn’t appear to be loosing weight, I’ll keep at it

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes all flock! The purple bag lol!
She’s doing somewhat better today I feed her 3 times a day. Tomorrow my actual tube feeder comes in the mail. Poops are looking great doesn’t appear to be loosing weight, I’ll keep at it

If she's able to eat on her own, then I would not tube feed her. Tube feeding is only used when a bird is unable to eat themselves.

She's doing a little better, see if she continues to improve with you separating her to eat on her own along with vitamin therapy.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I would consider re-homeing the bantam. I had one that I saved from a hurricane a few years ago. She hid a clutch of eggs and managed to hatch them. As they started to feather out she began to kill the chicks that obviously weren't her's (she pecked them to death). Then started on the females, we were left with nothing but males and a serial killer hen. I don't like bantams, but I felt sorry for her and her one chick (a cockerel)

 

[Chey1214]

If she's able to eat on her own, then I would not tube feed her. Tube feeding is only used when a bird is unable to eat themselves.

She's doing a little better, see if she continues to improve with you separating her to eat on her own along with vitamin therapy.

I checked yesterday when I got home from work around 4 and she still had an empty crop. I’ll see how she does today!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I checked yesterday when I got home from work around 4 and she still had an empty crop. I’ll see how she does today!

How's she doing today?

 

[Chey1214]

How's she doing today?

She didn’t eat on her own so I still tube fed her. She messes with her feed, so it’s all over the place. Her limp is there still. I just got her the b complex pill, all I had was b 12 paste. So I’ll give it awhile, she doesn’t mind the tube feeding. At least she isn’t loosing weight and her droppings are normal with no bile. That’s really reassuring