Now what??? Hen is off balance

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I have hens from spring 2010.
I have 20 week old pullets from McMurray that are vaccinated.
I have 5 from the county fair this July.

This all started after I brought the chickens home from the fair. I asked the 4H poultry leader if it would be safe to bring them home from there. I should NOT have listened to her. I should've came HERE first.
She said "yes, they are vaccinated and tested and blah blah blah".
Well she didn't have a CLUE WHAT they were vaccinated for or tested for. She has never even heard of Marek's or even an impacted crop for Pete's sake! I guess anyone can be a poultry leader.

MY BAD for assuming they know more than I do.
 
I mixed the electrolytes as directed and watered it down a bit and gave to the sick chickens.
I put a little of the mixture in the other chicken's water too. (just to use it up)

I added a couple drops of vitamins because I cannot get the Crevecoeur to eat anything. She drank the water quite well.
I gave the other sick birds a tiny piece of bread or two with a drop of vitamins on it.

I gave some to my broody little bantam Cochin too. She won't get out of the box and is thin. Ughgh

I hope I did okay??
 
Oh dear. Do you have a County Extension office who deals with poultry? A vet? You need some hands on advice I think. If there is an Extension Office (usually overseen by a local University) they may have more information on what is going on or if other poultry owners in your area are reporting the same things. If you get a chance, and not all of your hens are affected yet, quaruntine the sicks and scrub, scrub, scrub the house. Rake the ground to get any droppings cleaned and out. Good luck.
 
I just treated Punky for gapeworm, just in case. It's all I have. I have to do something. She is very very weak and I watched her closely. She is breathing with her mouth open. She wants to eat but can't and is too weak to care.
She did drink a bunch of the water with electrolytes in it and vitamins.
I just held her on my lap now and fed her with a syringe. I don't know how to feed safely so I just waited with every breath of hers and drooped some treated water in her beak and she kept drinking it. I think I got 1-2 mls in her.

I also soaked some feed and there were tiny particles of that in the water that she drank.

I have her a tiny tiny swab of Fenbendazole on my finger tip, rubbed inside her beak and followed with water. It went down. It might be too late. I had to try.

CreamPuff is eating a little. She wants cracked corn and not the chicken feed. ughgh She's laying on the floor. If she gets up she goes falling over and does a somersault.

omg this is nuts
 
I can call the vet tomorrow. I have no idea who to call from the county. No one seems to know a darn thing anyway. I've asked the 4H kids (older ones) they say just kill them..
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Marek's vaccine doesn't guarantee that they will never get mareks, only that the mareks will be less harmful, I believe less internal lessions.

I would also be sure that the vitamins do not have Iron, please!

Moldy food could also be causing this problem, check for feed that may have gone moldy on you
 
they were vaccinated right away and mailed when they hatched

vitamins do not have iron

I don't have mold feed but they could pick up old feed outside
 

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