Lame chicken, with green poop

[Katie_cluckins]

Hi guys,
I've browsed numerous posts here and I still don't know what's wrong with my chicken
So she is 3years old, and Tuesday we had a storm the roof blew off the coop and I went out to put a brick on it and noticed only 2 out of 3 chickens were in the coop.
The 3rd was under the coop (raised coop) so i picked her up and popped her back in the coop.
Next day i let them out for the day and noticed she was lame (left leg) and held the wing (left) out like to balance and then she just sat in 1 spot so I brought food and water to her, she ate and drank. I had to pit her in the coop at night and she has stayed in there. I have fed and watered her and each day I pick her up to clean underneath her as she is pooping in place.
I've checked the poop chart but not sure what it is.
I have heard of meters disease but it seems to be in much younger chick's. And also checked for worms (none in poop) checked for mites (none in feathers or on skin) checked for egg bound (no evidence as far as I can feel) so maybe she ate something bad? When I turned her on her back to give her butt a little wash today it wasn't mucky or red but the leg she would keep tucked and the foot clenched. I dunno you guys I have her in quarantine from the 2 other girls just in case it's something but maybe she is injured? Here i made a link to her poop and a video of her panting

https://imgur.com/a/Sr89kfN

Any advise would be appreciated

 

[azygous]

All of her symptoms can be due to shock and stress from the weather event blowing the roof off the coop. I would suggest first treating for shock with electrolytes with sugar, warmed to body temp. She should be kept warm.

If that doesn't revive her and improve the lameness, then you might assume an injury. If she hit her head or back, then she could have neurological damage. You can treat that with vitamin E and B-complex. It may or may not help depending on whether the damage is permanent or not.

 

[Katie_cluckins]

All of her symptoms can be due to shock and stress from the weather event blowing the roof off the coop. I would suggest first treating for shock with electrolytes with sugar, warmed to body temp. She should be kept warm.

If that doesn't revive her and improve the lameness, then you might assume an injury. If she hit her head or back, then she could have neurological damage. You can treat that with vitamin E and B-complex. It may or may not help depending on whether the damage is permanent or not.

That's great, thanks so much for your feedback.
She has stopped panting today so maybe that was just the heat and humidity we had yesterday.
I'll be getting the vitamins and electrolytes into her now and hopefully she improves.

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

I agree with @azygous for treatment. But with lameness on one side of her body it sounds like Mareks to me. I recently lost a chicken to Mareks as well and she had green poop. Im hoping its not Mareks though

Im so sorry your having this problem, good luck!



and welcome!!!

 

[Tilhana]

Any updates on this chicken? I've been seeing very similar symptoms in my 9-month-old rooster. He sits on his haunches but when he tries to walk he falls over or even rolls. One of his legs seems lame and the toes are curled up. His droppings look similar to the picture OP posted, except a bit more watery, tending towards green or yellow.

I know riboflavin deficiency can cause curly toe, but it seems like that only affects chicks. And he has a very varied diet, including kitchen scraps and vitamin supplements, so it seems unlikely. I also thought Marek's, but then I read that that rarely affects birds older than 20 weeks. He also has been opening his mouth to breathe like it's a bit strained, but no gulping or gasping noises.

For a few days, after I separated him from the flock, he seemed like he was deteriorating. His comb turned dark red, almost purple, his eyes were swollen, and he was scrunched up against the side of his enclosure. I thought for sure he was on his way out. But now his comb color is back to dark red, his eyes look normal, and he's eating normally, although he doesn't seem to watn to drink unless I dribble water directly into his mouth.

Does anyone have any ideas for other possible causes? The only indication of possible injury is some small red marks on the leg that's paralyzed, where I think some of the other chickens and geese were biting him, but there's no blood or cuts or anything. (He's the youngest of 3 roosters so he sometimes gets bullied.) Maybe the stress weakened him and made him susceptible to something that was dormant, though. But no signs of broken bones, swelling, bumblefoot, or scaly leg mites. His symptoms don't seem to fit any disease I've found.

I'm also really confused because his overall disposition seems to be improving, but his leg only seems to be getting worse. If he needs treatment I don't want to wait too long, but I have no idea what to give him other than a variety of food and the vitamins he normally gets.

 

[azygous]

Any updates on this chicken? I've been seeing very similar symptoms in my 9-month-old rooster. He sits on his haunches but when he tries to walk he falls over or even rolls. One of his legs seems lame and the toes are curled up. His droppings look similar to the picture OP posted, except a bit more watery, tending towards green or yellow.

I know riboflavin deficiency can cause curly toe, but it seems like that only affects chicks. And he has a very varied diet, including kitchen scraps and vitamin supplements, so it seems unlikely. I also thought Marek's, but then I read that that rarely affects birds older than 20 weeks. He also has been opening his mouth to breathe like it's a bit strained, but no gulping or gasping noises.

For a few days, after I separated him from the flock, he seemed like he was deteriorating. His comb turned dark red, almost purple, his eyes were swollen, and he was scrunched up against the side of his enclosure. I thought for sure he was on his way out. But now his comb color is back to dark red, his eyes look normal, and he's eating normally, although he doesn't seem to watn to drink unless I dribble water directly into his mouth.

Does anyone have any ideas for other possible causes? The only indication of possible injury is some small red marks on the leg that's paralyzed, where I think some of the other chickens and geese were biting him, but there's no blood or cuts or anything. (He's the youngest of 3 roosters so he sometimes gets bullied.) Maybe the stress weakened him and made him susceptible to something that was dormant, though. But no signs of broken bones, swelling, bumblefoot, or scaly leg mites. His symptoms don't seem to fit any disease I've found.

I'm also really confused because his overall disposition seems to be improving, but his leg only seems to be getting worse. If he needs treatment I don't want to wait too long, but I have no idea what to give him other than a variety of food and the vitamins he normally gets.

Start him on Tylan 50 if you can find it. That's what I'm treating my two pullets with that have similar symptoms. Here's my thread on this mysterious disorder. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...update-now-another-pullet-going-lame.1432738/ I've documented my treatments and their progress and relapses. You might find something that will help you in my thread.

Please start your own thread so whatever we discuss doesn't conflict with this thread.

 

[Tilhana]

Start him on Tylan 50 if you can find it. That's what I'm treating my two pullets with that have similar symptoms. Here's my thread on this mysterious disorder. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...update-now-another-pullet-going-lame.1432738/ I've documented my treatments and their progress and relapses. You might find something that will help you in my thread.

Please start your own thread so whatever we discuss doesn't conflict with this thread.

Wow that is a long thread, but I'll look through it and see what I can find. Thanks!

I was going to start my own thread but thought I'd search the archives first in case there were other cases that were similar to what I'm seeing, where someone might have already suggested solutions. This OP seemed to be experiencing something very similar so I thought it might be the same disease. It always seems more useful to me to have several people with similar experiences compare notes and get the same advice, rather than to have each one make a separate post, most of which won't get any helpful responses.

 

[azygous]

Wow that is a long thread, but I'll look through it and see what I can find. Thanks!

I was going to start my own thread but thought I'd search the archives first in case there were other cases that were similar to what I'm seeing, where someone might have already suggested solutions. This OP seemed to be experiencing something very similar so I thought it might be the same disease. It always seems more useful to me to have several people with similar experiences compare notes and get the same advice, rather than to have each one make a separate post, most of which won't get any helpful responses.

Have you noticed the block at the bottom of each thread containing a list of similar threads? It gives you an immediate springboard to searching for similar threads. Very handy.

 

[Tilhana]

Have you noticed the block at the bottom of each thread containing a list of similar threads? It gives you an immediate springboard to searching for similar threads. Very handy.

I forgot about that, I just did a search and have been going through the results, but the similar threads thing would probably be more useful. Thanks!