Please help me get a straight answer for my Precious

[LittleWingRC]

I have 12 red stars, 2 white leghorns, 4 red brown americanas, And two black Americanas. The Reds and leghorns are 11 weeks old and the Americanas are 8 weeks old. Everyone is fine except one red star. She started limping Then I noticed her feathers were a mess and seemed like chunks missing from some of her feathers. her wings droop most of the time and she sits on her bum with her feet extended in front of her at times other times she lays on her side and scratches the ground with her foot causing her to go in circles on her side. She spends a lot of her time in the coop by herself. I have inspected her thoroughly and cannot see anything wrong with her. Yesterday I started her on B complex. She seems to be getting around a little bit better And she no longer has diarrhea. She is eating and drinking very well. Does this sound like a vitamin B deficiency or something else please help with some answers thank you.

 

[SilkiesnFrizzle]

Worms, maybe?

 

[Michael Apple]

It sounds just like Encephalomacia by the symptoms you described. It is caused mostly by a vitamin E deficiency, not vitamin B. Don't store feed over a month. Never feed excessive amounts of Cod liver oil or soybean oil. Add vitamins/minerals with a significant amount of vitamins A,D, & E to the water every day until symptoms stop. You should also give one vitamin E cap per day for 5 days. If there is no brain damage, this should take care of it.

If that doesn't take care of it, it would likely be Marek's disease.

 

[LittleWingRC]

Well I started her on vitamin E, but now I think there's something worse... since I have been handling her a lot she now lets me do pretty much anything to her so I examined her by feel and discovered a lump the size of a golf ball on her right side at the edge of her breast above her right leg area. I'm wondering if I should put my Precious down? She is such a sweet girl. :'(

 

[ten chicks]

Have you looked into impacted crop?

 

[animallover505]

Do they have grit they can eat?

 

[LittleWingRC]

Ten Chicks, no. But I will. Animallover, yes.