My chicken is paralysed.please help

[casportpony]

Coccidiosis ......Treat with corrid.....
@casportpony

Coccidiosis can cause paralysis in some, but I think with a gray eye and curly toes that Marek's is more likely.

 

[casportpony]

So sorry you are going through this. We had a scare this summer... Bird with paralysis died (rather quickly). Was sent for necropsy, and another bird went down while we were waiting for results... For her it was much slower, but I was "sure" it was a bad strain of Mareks, was going to have to cull my babies etc. Turned out to be a fungal infection, not communicable, treatable too late for those two birds, but later found some moldy feed... With that said, moldy hay, other contaminants can cause symptoms similar to Mareks. Don't lose hope until you get results!

What was the fungal infection?

 

[SycamoreSilkies]

What was the fungal infection?

Can't remember the name... It was in the report, but since they said it wasn't contagious and we were reasonably sure of the source I didn't commit to memory... Was just so relieved that everything was ok with the rest of the chickens! If you need the name, I can try to find it. It is in a report, just can't remember where... We are in the process of moving, so I am terribly disorganized

 

[casportpony]

Can't remember the name... It was in the report, but since they said it wasn't contagious and we were reasonably sure of the source I didn't commit to memory... Was just so relieved that everything was ok with the rest of the chickens! If you need the name, I can try to find it. It is in a report, just can't remember where... We are in the process of moving, so I am terribly disorganized

When you have time a name would be nice. There are a few of us here that would like to read about it.

 

[SycamoreSilkies]

When you have time a name would be nice. There are a few of us here that would like to read about it.

Aspergillosis... Wasn't as hard to find as I thought... Report was in my e-mail, not hard copy. In our case, it seemed to be caused by moldy feed... Growing up, our animal feed (mainly horse feed) was stored in a chest freezer (pretty predator-proof, as we had previously had raccoons getting into the feed.) We had done this for our chickens and dogs this summer. This summer was very humid, and apparently caused condensation and ultimately some moldy dog and chicken feed. The symptoms looked very much like Mareks, but thankfully was not. Corrected the situation, and everyone is fine. If we had gotten the results sooner, the second chicken could have been treated...

 

[casportpony]

Aspergillosis... Wasn't as hard to find as I thought... Report was in my e-mail, not hard copy. In our case, it seemed to be caused by moldy feed... Growing up, our animal feed (mainly horse feed) was stored in a chest freezer (pretty predator-proof, as we had previously had raccoons getting into the feed.) We had done this for our chickens and dogs this summer. This summer was very humid, and apparently caused condensation and ultimately some moldy dog and chicken feed. The symptoms looked very much like Mareks, but thankfully was not. Corrected the situation, and everyone is fine. If we had gotten the results sooner, the second chicken could have been treated...

Interesting... Didn't know that aspergillosis could look like Marek's. Thanks for the info.

 

[SycamoreSilkies]

Interesting... Didn't know that aspergillosis could look like Marek's. Thanks for the info.

I'm new to chicken illness, but I know Mareks can take different forms... Mine didn't have Mareks, but for clarification, the symptoms I saw were: chicken #1, petite, young, silky pullet - quick onset paralysis (was trying to move legs, but they were barely moving and she was unable to get up or move them well) died within 24 hours (she appeared ok the previous night... We found her late morning, and she was gone early evening); chicken #2, VERY vigorous easter egger - twisted neck(crazy twisted), unable to fly (but initially could move) progressing over several days to more serious paralysis. Sadly, died within hours of receiving the report. Didn't notice curled feet or eye symptoms...
Just posting in case this info could help someone... And I am not against culling if something serious is suspected... In my case, I was leaning towards Marek's (as was the veterinarian when I explained symptoms), and all the chickens would have alrwady been exposed... The vet said not to do anything rash, so we chose to wait and see (but took precautions to avoid possibly transmitting to other locations, feed store, friends with chickens etc.)

 

[Benny Rocadas]

To all of you that answered my plea for help with my paralyzed hen I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have been to sad to talk about it but after about one week and a half I finally found a vet that would see my Dora. Given the signs she was displaying the vet was pretty sure it was Marek's (Dora had paralysis of both legs and wings, only her head/neck and her tail moved. Her right eye was normal but the left was gray and she could not see from it and her swallowing ability was starting to decrease.
There was no way she would recover....So my husband and I made the difficult decision to have put to sleep. So sad. The vet and office people were very kind. My husband took her since I myself had a lot of patients to see. That afternoon I tossed out practically everything that was in contact with her and washed with bleach the cage she was in. I learned a lot from all of you!!Thank you.
We will forever remember our beautiful Dora.

 

[Kiki]

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Benny Rocadas]

Interesting... Didn't know that aspergillosis could look like Marek's. Thanks for the info.

Thank you for your advice .Please read my last post. We lost Dora....
All my other 3 girls are fine. The vet I took Dora to specializes in birds and was very Kind.we chose not to pursue post mortem biopsy. Thank you .I have learned a lot.