My neighbor's hen couldn't stand on its feet,pls help.

[umarson]

i just got a call this morning, my neighbor's hen couldn't stand on its feet again. one leg is faulty. she said she noticed a sneezing yesterday and day before. what's going on with her? pls help.

 

[GitaBooks]

It could be an injury, a vitamin deficiency, or marek's. There is nothing you can do for the last choice, but the other two can be helped with vitamin supplements and proper care and medication.

Best of luck!

 

[umarson]

Yap! thanks. My cousin had that kind of problem with his flock, 10 of them were affected. he gave them vitamins and treat them with newcastle vaccine. Red chickens starts newcastle symptoms with sneazing and the leg weakness arround here. His hens recovered after a week.

thanks!

 

[umarson]

"It could be an injury, a vitamin deficiency, or
marek's. There is nothing you can do for the
last choice, but the other two can be helped
with vitamin supplements and proper care
and medication.
Best of luck!"

oh no! she has a leg injury, a kind of tumor in the skin after she was given lasota vaccine. we didn't notice until today. hope she'll be fine.