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One of my Marans girls started laying! YAY! First and second egg. Second is darker than the first :)

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And Holly and Jolly, the serama chicks :)

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AnneInTheBurbs said:
Sounds like progress.

@kie4 How is your girl with the limp doing? Have you separated her?
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thanks for asking @AnneInTheBurbs . She's had 3 days and nights in a sling with her feet just touching the ground. She had food and water right in front of her and has eaten a lot and generated a lot of poop. I took her out today and laid her on fresh leaves in her isolation cage. She flapped a lot but both legs look useless to her. Starting to lose hope.
 
kie4 said:
A little hard to make out in this picture.
Before spending 3 days in a sling she had one leg sticking out to the right, now after the sling both legs are next to her head. I think the sling did more harm than good :(

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Aw the poor little girl. So sorry you’re facing this. Do you have anyone to help you cull if need be?
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
Aw the poor little girl. So sorry you’re facing this. Do you have anyone to help you cull if need be?
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I'm still hoping there'll be a miraculous recovery, but if it comes to it, I'll have to deal with it. I'm the one who has to kill the insects that get into the house, so you can imagine the response asking for help culling a sick pullet!

She ate all the meat and veggies in the box in the picture. Her legs are just gone now, last week she could stand/fall/stand. Looking back I can remember her being clumsy and tripping over herself when free ranging, so this feels like a gradual deterioration over a period of about a month. She's 23 weeks old now.
 
kie4 said:
I'm still hoping there'll be a miraculous recovery, but if it comes to it, I'll have to deal with it. I'm the one who has to kill the insects that get into the house, so you can imagine the response asking for help culling a sick pullet!

She ate all the meat and veggies in the box in the picture. Her legs are just gone now, last week she could stand/fall/stand. Looking back I can remember her being clumsy and tripping over herself when free ranging, so this feels like a gradual deterioration over a period of about a month. She's 23 weeks old now.
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Unfortunately, this sounds like Merek's disease to me. I could be wrong, but gradual parilization of the legs, while still wanting to eat and drink, in a point of lay pullet is usually how it reveals itself. I'm so sorry :(
 
kie4 said:
A little hard to make out in this picture.
Before spending 3 days in a sling she had one leg sticking out to the right, now after the sling both legs are next to her head. I think the sling did more harm than good :(

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At this time of the year I wouldn’t rule out botulism. I lost a hen the last two falls. Knock on wood there have been no signs yet this fall. I fed them less on the wet ground now though. So maybe that change has helped me.
 
Auroradream26 said:
Unfortunately, this sounds like Merek's disease to me. I could be wrong, but gradual parilization of the legs, while still wanting to eat and drink, in a point of lay pullet is usually how it reveals itself. I'm so sorry :(
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If Merek’s Should I cull the whole flock and not keep chickens for about a year? Her sibling is fine as is the rest of the flock.
 

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