Immobile chicken?

[BlindLemonChicken]

She does have a pronounced breast bone, and seems lighter than normal. Also, the curled up toes, come and go. Could it be worms or parasites? If so, advice for treatments very much appreciated

This isn’t really my wheelhouse. Hopefully you will get advice soon.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She does have a pronounced breast bone, and seems lighter than normal. Also, the curled up toes, come and go. Could it be worms or parasites? If so, advice for treatments very much appreciated

You could deworm to see if that helps. Ime, when they lose their legs like that, often its something reproductive going on. Cancer, EYP, etc.

Curling of the toes can often just be a response to being turned over, sometimes if they are curling while she's laying down, possibly a pain response or could just be flexing the feet, hard to know.

For deworming, Fenbendazole is a good choice. Safeguard Liquid Goat dewormer (10%) is what I'd use. Dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once daily for 5days in a row.

 

[Anon112]

She does have a pronounced breast bone, and seems lighter than normal. Also, the curled up toes, come and go. Could it be worms or parasites? If so, advice for treatments very much appreciated

I would consider if she is able to get enough food during the day. My chickens have two feeders and a good feed . . . but my rooster simply wasn't getting the food. So even if there is a good feed and supplemental vitamins, it doesn't help if they aren't accessing the food for whatever reason. The fact that she perked up and ate when isolated is interesting.

Is she still doing well on being reintegrated?

 

[want2know]

I would consider if she is able to get enough food during the day. My chickens have two feeders and a good feed . . . but my rooster simply wasn't getting the food. So even if there is a good feed and supplemental vitamins, it doesn't help if they aren't accessing the food for whatever reason. The fact that she perked up and ate when isolated is interesting.

Is she still doing well on being reintegrated?

yes, yesterday was a nice day so I put her out with the chickens and she walked around a bit, flapped her wings and ate some scratch with them. After about 20 minutes or so, she sat in the dirt and watched them the rest of the day. They don't bother her.

 

[want2know]

You could deworm to see if that helps. Ime, when they lose their legs like that, often its something reproductive going on. Cancer, EYP, etc.

Curling of the toes can often just be a response to being turned over, sometimes if they are curling while she's laying down, possibly a pain response or could just be flexing the feet, hard to know.

For deworming, Fenbendazole is a good choice. Safeguard Liquid Goat dewormer (10%) is what I'd use. Dose is 0.23ml per pound of weight given orally once daily for 5days in a row.

Thank you

 

[chickenking190]

I think it could be Marek’s Disease, even if she has not been neer to other chickens it can be cought from wild birds. i do not know if there is a way to treat it.

 

[SunnyClucks]

Check into Curley toe paralysis which is a Vitamin b deficiency. The folks tagged above know alot about it and helped me save a hen. Short story, you can get human grade liquid B vitamin drops at the local pharmacy or walmart. Most say it really hard to overdose them on B, they will pass what they don't need. It took my hen three days to be well enough to go back to flock. But it may take much longer for others. Apparently not all feed has enough Riboflavin in it. It looks like I may need to supplement my flock even though my feed tags say it is included. Best of luck, reach out to me if you don't get more answers.