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Hi all! I am in Hawai'i and first time chicken raising...have a flock of 12 (7 8 week olds incl Maran, Silkie, Lavender Orpingtons, and 5 6 week old Bresses) and a group of 5 3 week olds that we haven't fully integrated. Here for knowledge but also help with one Maran that had been looking off.
 

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Debbie292d said:
Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! :frow What's up with your chicken?
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You are great! Well, for several days it (Maran, I use she but not sure yet if it is a pullet or cockerel) has been lethargic and keeping its distance from others and it's comb looks pale, and sometimes tqitches its head. It is still eating and drinking but sometimes seems like it requires prompting to feed. This morning it was laying down and someone scared her and when she got up she seemed off balance and almost fell back but then picked up at a run just fine.

Have checked the vent and it is normal and checked the body for mites but no sign of injury or mites.

The first day we noticed that we isolated it in the garage for a couple of days and added vitamins and probiotics to the water but it seemed stationary and was still eating and drinking so we moved it back into the coop with the others and there has been no improvement but also no worsening that we can tell.

All 12 came from a local person who breeds chickens and we're not vaccinated. We have been adding apple cider vinegar to the water and have medicated starter feed for them.

Perhaps it is worth mentioning that the other white Maran had the same symptoms about a week before this one but started looking normal after a couple of days so we reintegrated it and it has been normal since. None of the other birds seem to have problems.

Thank you!
 

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knownothinghomesteader said:
You are great! Well, for several days it (Maran, I use she but not sure yet if it is a pullet or cockerel) has been lethargic and keeping its distance from others and it's comb looks pale, and sometimes tqitches its head. It is still eating and drinking but sometimes seems like it requires prompting to feed. This morning it was laying down and someone scared her and when she got up she seemed off balance and almost fell back but then picked up at a run just fine.

Have checked the vent and it is normal and checked the body for mites but no sign of injury or mites.

The first day we noticed that we isolated it in the garage for a couple of days and added vitamins and probiotics to the water but it seemed stationary and was still eating and drinking so we moved it back into the coop with the others and there has been no improvement but also no worsening that we can tell.

All 12 came from a local person who breeds chickens and we're not vaccinated. We have been adding apple cider vinegar to the water and have medicated starter feed for them.

Perhaps it is worth mentioning that the other white Maran had the same symptoms about a week before this one but started looking normal after a couple of days so we reintegrated it and it has been normal since. None of the other birds seem to have problems.

Thank you!
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I have one that will act "drunk" when she molts but yours are probably too young to have that be happening. Because I raise silkies, one of the first things I think of with any type of physical ailment is possible neurological or vitamin deficiency.

I'd have done what you are doing. Keep the vitamins up.

You can give her a boost for a week too with one of your Vit E pills 400 i.u. or so. Don't cut it, just pop it in her mouth. Give a little scrambled eggs to help the E absorb. You can also give about 1/4 of a B-Complex vitamin of yours, per day.

I hope she shows improvement soon!
 
Debbie292d said:
I have one that will act "drunk" when she molts but yours are probably too young to have that be happening. Because I raise silkies, one of the first things I think of with any type of physical ailment is possible neurological or vitamin deficiency.

I'd have done what you are doing. Keep the vitamins up.

You can give her a boost for a week too with one of your Vit E pills 400 i.u. or so. Don't cut it, just pop it in her mouth. Give a little scrambled eggs to help the E absorb. You can also give about 1/4 of a B-Complex vitamin of yours, per day.

I hope she shows improvement soon!
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Thank you, that is reassuring. Hadn't heard about Vit E, will do.
 

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