CrazyChickLady64
Songster
So my hen Sam became sick going on 2 weeks now first with looking bloated and walking slowly and seemed a little lethargic.her wings were hanging almost to the ground. Still laying eggs but she was not pooping much I thought it was a crop issue because it was hard and about the size of a golf ball in the morning but that resolved she also had some mites so I treated her for mites and dewormed her. Her poop looked normal but now is almost diarrhea. Kinda brown and green I see no signs of worms. She was like this for 4-5 days and she had no feathers over her crop area. Then she started stumbling and it got worse, she can't stand but she can kick a lot. She is more alert and is eating and drinking. I am giving vitamins for any deficiencies she may have. It's going on 2 weeks since this started today when I put her in the bath I noticed she has no feathers on her entire belly side. I have not seen feathers in her bed when I clean so I think she is eating them. Her breast bone is very prominent. She is very light. Her regular diet is crumble feed with some scratch once a day, and a fruit or vegetable a few times a week. She is a free range 4-6 hours a day. All my other chickens are fine. Now that she is sick I give her her feed and some scrambled eggs. I have given electrolytes, nutra drench, vit e, b complex selenium, d3 silver, I have seen no improvement. Is this mareks? I don't want to give up on her yet but I do want her to suffer. She is 26 weeks old and the rest of her flock are all as young or younger than she is. She is an Ayam Cemani. My question is the feathers that are now completely gone from her belly side a sign of Mareks? What else can I do for her? TIA
