Off-balance walking sideways

[Tdwhite4098]

Came home to find my Brahman walking sideways and seeming to be off balance. Does seem her stools are a little bit loose but haven’t seen a full poop yet. She’s just started laying or getting ready to start laying, she’s six months old. Up until today has been acting perfectly fine. The rest of the chickens, there’s eight others that are doing great . Trying to upload a short video because it really shows what she’s doing. She feels slightly lighter than the rest of the chickens.

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like your sweet pullet has wry neck, also called crook neck or torticolis. It can be due to a head injury, a vitamin E or thiamine (B1) deficiency especially in young ones, and is seen in a few diseases that affect the brain. Do you know if she was vaccinated for Mareks disease? That cannshow up at this age, and wry neck can be one symptom. Can you see anything around her ears, such as drainage or swelling? I would start some human vitamin E, 1 400IU softgel daily, and a bit of thiamine which is found in human B complex and many foods. Make sure that she is getting plenty of water, and mix some moistened chicken feed and egg which has selenium. Feed and water her if necessary while she is having this problem. Make sure that she is separated for now, so the others will not peck at her. In the morning, let us know if she can stand and walk.

 

[Tdwhite4098]

It looks like your sweet pullet has wry neck, also called crook neck or torticolis. It can be due to a head injury, a vitamin E or thiamine (B1) deficiency especially in young ones, and is seen in a few diseases that affect the brain. Do you know if she was vaccinated for Mareks disease? That cannshow up at this age, and wry neck can be one symptom. Can you see anything around her ears, such as drainage or swelling? I would start some human vitamin E, 1 400IU softgel daily, and a bit of thiamine which is found in human B complex and many foods. Make sure that she is getting plenty of water, and mix some moistened chicken feed and egg which has selenium. Feed and water her if necessary while she is having this problem. Make sure that she is separated for now, so the others will not peck at her. In the morning, let us know if she can stand and walk.

So I also read that they could be egg bound and be off-balance. Several people recommended giving calcium citrate but I don’t know how to give it to them, do you give it in a whole pill? There’s no drainage or anything around the ears. It is possible that she got injured, I haven’t been home all day, I’ve been at work.

 

[Tdwhite4098]

So I also read that they could be egg bound and be off-balance. Several people recommended giving calcium citrate but I don’t know how to give it to them, do you give it in a whole pill? There’s no drainage or anything around the ears. It is possible that she got injured, I haven’t been home all day, I’ve been at work.

So I put some lubricant on a glove and check to see if there was an egg anywhere close to the exit and couldn’t feel anything. I have her inside my dog crate for tonight so I’ll see how she does in the morning. Right now she’s sleeping.

 

[Tdwhite4098]

It looks like your sweet pullet has wry neck, also called crook neck or torticolis. It can be due to a head injury, a vitamin E or thiamine (B1) deficiency especially in young ones, and is seen in a few diseases that affect the brain. Do you know if she was vaccinated for Mareks disease? That cannshow up at this age, and wry neck can be one symptom. Can you see anything around her ears, such as drainage or swelling? I would start some human vitamin E, 1 400IU softgel daily, and a bit of thiamine which is found in human B complex and many foods. Make sure that she is getting plenty of water, and mix some moistened chicken feed and egg which has selenium. Feed and water her if necessary while she is having this problem. Make sure that she is separated for now, so the others will not peck at her. In the morning, let us know if she can stand and walk.

It’s been raining at our house quite a bit and we have these poisonous toads and is it possible that this could be causing some of the symptoms. If so, any suggestions on how to treat for the toxin.