Mareks? Please help!!

[Abriana]

this morning I noticed my hen hailee acting strange. She is molting and will be two in March. This morning she was just standing around with her eyes closed- which I know is normal for molting hens, when I tried to catch her, she ran normally and as she slowed down she kind of dropped her wing and was walking off to one side, kind of losing her balance. There is a video below. Is this mareks? Or a vitamin deficiency? My sister said she jumped out of the nesting box and stumbled, but I felt her legs and can’t find any obvious breaks. Please help! Also she is eating.

 

[Abriana]

Okay so I can’t get the video to load. It says the file is too large. Is my discription good enough? I can out to get another video and She seems better now, not losing her balance too much anymore.

 

[Eggcessive]

Try posting your video to YouTube, and post a link here. I wouldn't decide yet on it being Mareks, since molting can really be stressful on them. Just yesterday, I noticed on of my older hens doing a perfect moonwalk across the yard, hen resumed her normal behavior. It never helps to use some poultry vitamins in th water or a couple of ml's of Poultry Cell or NutriDrench during molting.

 

[Abriana]

Hi, hailee has been better, not staggering around. I think she’s alright now. I am still wondering what was wrong with her, i guess it will be a mystery forever! Thanks for your advice!

 

[Eggcessive]

That is good to hear. Let us know if she has any other problems.