Lethargic Chicken trouble walking

[tctully63]

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Black Brahma, 11 months, 5lbs, no weight difference.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Found her lethargic in run, tried to stand up and looks drunk.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
Started today
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
no
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
no
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
All the girls were fine last night, no signs of trauma
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
She took some water off the dropper, won't drink on her own.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Do not know yet
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Soaked her underside in epsom salt because one foot looked larger, and she was holding it closed
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
Treat myself
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
6 X 16 coop with 27 birds, bedding is pine shavings. I always sprinkle diatomaceous earth in and mix it up when I change it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your pullet. She appears very muddy and feathers kind of matted. Has it been very muddy where they spend their days? Can you get her drinking some electrolytes with vitamins? Do you know if she was vaccinated for Mareks disease? If you stand her up, can she use both legs or one better than the other? The curled under toes sometimes is a sign of Mareks, or if it involves both feet, it can be riboflavin (vitamin B2) deficiency. While she is unable to eat and drink, she will need to be propped up on some rolled towels and kept close to food and water. I would feed her wet chicken feed, some cooked egg, and tuna or canned cat food several times a day. A chicken sling can be helpful to get her upright, and they are easily made.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a good link with pictures and a video of chicken slings that you can make and put small containers of food and water in front of them:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

 

[Eggcessive]

I would look at her droppings to see if there are runny poops with mucus, or some blood, which might be a sign of coccidiosis, a disease that can be common in warm and wet conditions. Corid or amprollium is the usual treatment for coccodiosis, and is not harmful to use if that is not the problem. Coccidiosis can cause symptoms such as lethargy, weakness, no appetite, runny poops, and hunched or puffed up appearance.

Mareks disease which might be a problem can cause weakness of an extremity, sometimes twisting of the neck or eye color changes, a lack of immunity, and other various symptoms. Hopefully, she is just dehydrated or suffering from something that is treatable. Here is some reading about the disease:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext...Preventing Mareks Disease in Small Flocks.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

 

[tctully63]

I would look at her droppings to see if there are runny poops with mucus, or some blood, which might be a sign of coccidiosis, a disease that can be common in warm and wet conditions. Corid or amprollium is the usual treatment for coccodiosis, and is not harmful to use if that is not the problem. Coccidiosis can cause symptoms such as lethargy, weakness, no appetite, runny poops, and hunched or puffed up appearance.

Mareks disease which might be a problem can cause weakness of an extremity, sometimes twisting of the neck or eye color changes, a lack of immunity, and other various symptoms. Hopefully, she is just dehydrated or suffering from something that is treatable. Here is some reading about the disease:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/poultry/FS-1007 Recognizing and Preventing Mareks Disease in Small Flocks.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

Thank you for the reply Eggcessive,
I have her isolated away from the flock, I am going to make a sling for her directly. She tries to take water from a dropper but waits till I drop it on her beak before trying to get it. She is a little more perky since I've removed her from the sun, but still falls down when trying to stand. Thank you for all the great advice, I will get her set up then check her tomorrow.

 

[tctully63]

I have given the rest of the flock water a full treatment of what you will see in the pic.

It is from Tractor supply and supposed to help with sanitizing water, worm infestations and targeting harmful pathogens. I'm hoping its not Mareks, we just put the 12 week olds into the visitors pen to meet the flock yesterday. So far everyone seems normal.

 

[tctully63]

UPDATE:
I just gave her a bowl of hard boiled eggs and wet pellets and she tore it up! Hope fully thats a good sign .

 

[tctully63]

She just got herself out of the sling, I put her on the floor and she still wont stand up, I put her back in, she is still hungry. Here are some poop pics.....sorry

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you have 2 holes for her legs? You also can make 3 holes—1 for a poop hole. I have used a sling before where my chicken would try to escape when her feet could touch the floor. Some do not tolerate the slings, but for some it can be helpful.

I don‘t think that product has any vitamins in it from what I was reading:
https://dbcagproducts.com/products/backyard-chicken-health-pack/

I would get some human vitamin B complex where you buy vitamins, or some chicken vitamins. Give her 1/4 to 1/2 tablet of the B complex and crush it onto some feed each day. That might help if her curled toes are due to a vitamin deficiency.