annierose
Chirping
Previous post Jan 4th 2021:
Hi all!
Isa brown is around 10 months old and is displaying an unsteady gait. It has happened twice in the last 4 weeks and seems to last a few hours and then she's back to being fast pace with everything (very cheeky and curious).
She is eating and drinking as normal during these periods.
I took her to the vets today (emergency consultation ), they agreed she is a very healthy bird but something is wrong. They have suggested it could be Marek Disease or a 'Yolk Stroke.' Did a blood test to determine if she had high levels of lead in her system- too low to have an affect.
I've emailed the breeder to see if she vaccinated her chicks for Marek Disease, I just can't remember.
Any ideas? Vitamin deficiencies?
Pretty devastating as she's my favourite () but Vets have just said but to hope that she learns to live it otherwise nothing you can do.
I've tried to video it, basically body goes one way and the head goes another.
Hi everyone!
I've been monitoring this chicken and she is still very much so happy, lively and healthy. It is only when she goes out into the rain do this symptoms/behaviour appear which will take her about a day to return back to normal (that rain has to stop too). For example, in the mornings when it has be raining before I let them out of the henhouse, her behaviour is normal. Give her 2-3 minutes in the rain and she back to having an unsteady gait. It happens every time it rains, fortunately it's been summer in Melbourne and hasn't rained too much so it's quite easy to define it. But we're coming into winter and I'm not sure how it'll go.
Anyone experienced this?
It's so strange.
A video attached but doesn't capture it at it's worst:
TIA xxx
Hi all!
Isa brown is around 10 months old and is displaying an unsteady gait. It has happened twice in the last 4 weeks and seems to last a few hours and then she's back to being fast pace with everything (very cheeky and curious).
She is eating and drinking as normal during these periods.
I took her to the vets today (emergency consultation ), they agreed she is a very healthy bird but something is wrong. They have suggested it could be Marek Disease or a 'Yolk Stroke.' Did a blood test to determine if she had high levels of lead in her system- too low to have an affect.
I've emailed the breeder to see if she vaccinated her chicks for Marek Disease, I just can't remember.
Any ideas? Vitamin deficiencies?
Pretty devastating as she's my favourite () but Vets have just said but to hope that she learns to live it otherwise nothing you can do.
I've tried to video it, basically body goes one way and the head goes another.
Hi everyone!
I've been monitoring this chicken and she is still very much so happy, lively and healthy. It is only when she goes out into the rain do this symptoms/behaviour appear which will take her about a day to return back to normal (that rain has to stop too). For example, in the mornings when it has be raining before I let them out of the henhouse, her behaviour is normal. Give her 2-3 minutes in the rain and she back to having an unsteady gait. It happens every time it rains, fortunately it's been summer in Melbourne and hasn't rained too much so it's quite easy to define it. But we're coming into winter and I'm not sure how it'll go.
Anyone experienced this?
It's so strange.
A video attached but doesn't capture it at it's worst:
TIA xxx