Paralysed Silkie???

[PigTheChicken]

Hi all,
I have a silkie hen around the age of two who started showing signs of being paralysed last week. It only appears to be in one leg so she is still able to run and walk she is just a bit wobbly. She eats and drinks like normal but she does appear a bit skinny. She also looks a bit scraggy but I’m not sure whether she is just moulting or if it’s related to the issue? I gave her a worming solution when she first started showing signs and I also have recently started giving her a multi-vitamins and mineral solution too. Any help would be appreciated

 

[Anime2lover]

Hi all,
I have a silkie hen around the age of two who started showing signs of being paralysed last week. It only appears to be in one leg so she is still able to run and walk she is just a bit wobbly. She eats and drinks like normal but she does appear a bit skinny. She also looks a bit scraggy but I’m not sure whether she is just moulting or if it’s related to the issue? I gave her a worming solution when she first started showing signs and I also have recently started giving her a multi-vitamins and mineral solution too. Any help would be appreciated

That's a big symptom of mareks

 

[Haleyjo108]

That's a big symptom of mareks

Hi all,
I have a silkie hen around the age of two who started showing signs of being paralysed last week. It only appears to be in one leg so she is still able to run and walk she is just a bit wobbly. She eats and drinks like normal but she does appear a bit skinny. She also looks a bit scraggy but I’m not sure whether she is just moulting or if it’s related to the issue? I gave her a worming solution when she first started showing signs and I also have recently started giving her a multi-vitamins and mineral solution too. Any help would be appreciated

 

[Haleyjo108]

Hi all,
I have a silkie hen around the age of two who started showing signs of being paralysed last week. It only appears to be in one leg so she is still able to run and walk she is just a bit wobbly. She eats and drinks like normal but she does appear a bit skinny. She also looks a bit scraggy but I’m not sure whether she is just moulting or if it’s related to the issue? I gave her a worming solution when she first started showing signs and I also have recently started giving her a multi-vitamins and mineral solution too. Any help would be appreciated

All of our chickens got that same thing 2 years and they all died. I would say mericks that’s what ours had. We had to burn everything to get rid of it. Just got new chickens this year and so far they are good.

 

[PigTheChicken]

thanks, is it possible it could be anything else?? I looked up the symptoms and the only one that matches that I can see is just the paralysis? If it was does this just guarantee all my hens and ducks to have it aswell?! None of them are showing any signs and we’ve had the silkie for most of its life and there hasn’t been any problems?

 

[Haleyjo108]

thanks, is it possible it could be anything else?? I looked up the symptoms and the only one that matches that I can see is just the paralysis? If it was does this just guarantee all my hens and ducks to have it aswell?! None of them are showing any signs and we’ve had the silkie for most of its life and there hasn’t been any problems?

I’m not sure, we had 1 chicken who got it and the rest were fine but then they all slowly started to get it one by one until they were all gone. We even quarantined them but it must have already got to them. Started off they were just wobbly and then they couldn’t stand and then they couldn’t move there head or really anything and stopped eating and drinking.

 

[PigTheChicken]

Bummer.. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see then, but thank you for your help!

 

[Anime2lover]

Bummer.. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see then, but thank you for your help!

Is your silkie flock near any other flock? If it is marks, that's highly contagious. You'll want to isolate all your individual flocks as much as possible.