I need advice and help with my chicken

[jjmppkmt]

hello. My chicken is eating and drinking but not walking right. She slides with her feet.
I also have pictures of her feet

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

How old is your hen? How do you mean "slides with her feet"?
Do you mean like this? (Video below of bird with Mareks disease)

 

[jjmppkmt]

She is 8 months old. Here is a video

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

I am not a vet... but that looks like Mareks disease. Here is an article that may be of help to you: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

 

[Skipper81]

If you have more birds I would get them vaccinations and seperate this one

 

[jjmppkmt]

More photos

 

[micstrachan]

I’m so sorry. I, too, am thinking Marek’s. She’s so pretty! My understanding is all you can do for Marek’s is suppoetiv care.

 

[rebrascora]

Sadly, I have to agree, it looks like Marek's Disease. How old is she?
If she is still interested in food, feed her well. Plenty of good treats like scrambled egg, a bit of liver, meal worms and a vitamin supplement in her water to support her immune system and perhaps a probiotic or ferment her feed to keep her gut healthy. Don't try to force her to eat anything that she doesn't want because stress makes it worse. Keeping her happy and stress free and well fed is the best that you can do. She may benefit from a chicken sling and they can be made very simply as the one below

Getting her outside in the sunshine and on some grass may also be beneficial in my experience but is obviously limited by your weather conditions.

 

[jjmppkmt]

She is perfect besides the not walking. She is eating drinking laying an egg here and there. How long do they survive with marek? I tried the sling she will not stay in it lol. She venture into the kitchen with me.

 

[rebrascora]

How long is a piece of string?? Some only survive a few days, others can go months or even years. It can depend of the strain of Marek's, the bird's immune system and their circumstances. If they are happy and well fed with no obvious stressors, they can survive longer and may even regain some muscle control and improve. I've had some go lame one day be floundering on the ground the next day, unable to stand up and then 2-3 days later you would not know there had been anything wrong with them and be fine for a whole year before having a second attack. Others were nest bound and took weeks/months of TLC to get back to being able to range with the flock but still retained a limp. Some deteriorate over a period of days, weeks or months and either die or are euthanized. I just despatched a cock bird this afternoon that came down with it 10 days ago. He couldn't stand or walk and started to refuse food. Once they won't eat, I end it for them. He was skin and bone and if I get a chance tomorrow I will open him up and see if I can find any tumours.