Please help - Approx 6 month Hen off her legs with curled toes

[ChickieG'ma]

Pamela, I hope your chook is doing ok. Have been following the thread with interest.

I don't want to hijack but just have a small question: What is poultry spice?

 

[pamela1000cc]

This is poultry spice


Battles Poultry Spice is a mineral supplement feeding stuff that helps to keep chickens healthy.
Directions for use
One teaspoonful to be given daily in the usual wet or dry mash for every 10 birds. In cold weather a little more powder may be given.
Specially recommended for improving all round condition and performance. Acts as a nutritional supplement to help the birds get quickly over the moult. Invaluable for rearing poultry, ducks, geese, turkeys and game birds. Poultry spice is a mineral feeding stuff for all poultry.
Contains: minerals, micronised wheat, powdered ginger, turmeric, Fenugreek and Aniseed. Protein 5%; Calcium 24%; Oil 2%; Iron 1.25%; Fibre 1%, Potassium 0.85%; Ash 66%; Magnesium 0.3%.

Hope that answers your question! Looks like I am off Vitamin B shopping tomorrow!! Poor little girl! Went to a new feed store earlier and asked if they had any poultry vitamins. She said no and asked what was wrong with the chook. She looked at me like I was insane and said I don't know why people go to so much trouble for a chicken I would just wring it's neck! I explained that my chickens are in fact my pets, just like her dog is to her and I am sure she wouldn't wring her dogs neck hahahaha!!!! Ok maybe I am soppy but I can't help that!

 

[pamela1000cc]

""Neck apologies!

 

[ChickieG'ma]

Pamela:

Thank you for the answer about poultry spice.

And no, you aren't soppy. I do, however, think that someone who works in a feed store should be suggesting to the clientele that she just wring her animal's neck, pet or no. But, then, I've been watching TV with a 1 month old sick Welsummer baby 'cause it's a holiday weekend and I live in a small town and my vet is off until Tuesday. So maybe my opinion is just a little biased.

 

[ChickieG'ma]

Sorry, I meant to say that person should NOT be suggesting a client wring her animal's neck. It's almost 3 am here so I should probably stop typing now.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

LOL I was wondering what poultry spice was too...I was thinking at first it was poultry seasoning.

But then I figured out it must be some specialty poultry product.

I hope your chickerdoodle gets better soon!

 

[AmberRex]

Yeah best of luck with her! I am starting Bump on her B water today...

 

[Lacrystol]

Go for it with the hijacking

I have just looked on Tesco website they have these:

Typical ValuesPer tablet-Thiamin (Vitamin B1)1.1mg (100% of RDA)-Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)1.4mg (100% of RDA)-Niacin16.0mg (100% of RDA)-Vitamin B61.4mg (100% of RDA)-Folic Acid200.0µg (100% of RDA)-Vitamin B122.5µg (100% of RDA)-Biotin50.0µg (100% of RDA)-Pantothenic Acid6.0mg (100% of RDA)-

Or these:

Typical ValuesTypical values % ec rda*-Thiamin (Vitamin B1)†455-Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)†100-Niacin (Vitamin B3)†100-Vitamin B6†357-Folic Acid†100-Vitamin B12†2000-Biotin§50-Pantothenic Acid†100-

None of it makes an awful lot of sense to me! I so hope this works!! So Vit B tablets and yogurt and poultry spice or will that be overdoing it?! Is this the last thing to try?! If it will only take a week that would be great as we have been trying for so long now but as yet nothing seems to have made any improvement.

the Vitamin B complete is good for leg issues, The poultry spice from what I read some people depend on this stuff just like I depend on Polyvisol. LOL I wouldn't worry about yogurt not sure what the point of giving it to her really. The Vitamin B is about all I would give her right now, because you want to concentrate on that leg issue and if I recall you said you have been giving her the poultry spice and not results. So I would stop that and just give her the Vitamin B only see if that helps her any..

 

[pamela1000cc]

But, then, I've been watching TV with a 1 month old sick Welsummer baby 'cause it's a holiday weekend and I live in a small town and my vet is off until Tuesday. So maybe my opinion is just a little biased

Haha I love this post!!!! I hope you made it to bed!! I have just returned from the shop with my B vitamins! Think I need them myself after pondering over which ones to get!

Not sure why my reply did not work so I pasted it haha! Oh dear not very good at this - lets hope I am better at caring for sick chickens!!

Oh now I see you have to click quote not reply!

 

[pamela1000cc]

LOL I was wondering what poultry spice was too...I was thinking at first it was poultry seasoning.

But then I figured out it must be some specialty poultry product.

I hope your chickerdoodle gets better soon!

HAHAHAHAHA love that face!!!! No no not poultry seasoning don't worry - I am not the woman from the feed store!!