Hi there. Recently two of my chickens have been acting quite strange. They are around 5 months old. The first pullet my sister found one morning and she collapsed at her feet so we separated her, gave her some electrolytes and food and water. That lasted for over a week and she just died a few days ago. The first day we found her she could walk a bit but she was raising her legs to her chest when she walked. The next day she had some sort of seizure (she started kicking and gasping for air. We figured that she was dying but she did last a few more days surprisingly) and her legs were splayed behind her and her toes were curling a bit. I thought of Mareks at first but as I did more research there seemed to be more of her symptoms pointing to a B2 deficiency instead. A few days before the first pullets death (her name was Flopsy) I spotted another pullet named Terrie who was having some trouble walking. So I also separated her and she's been having trouble walking (legs splayed a bit and toes curled) but she didn't have that "seizure" that Flopsy had until this morning. Flopsy was a lot lighter than Terrie is so that's another thing. After Flopsy couldn't walk we brought her inside, put her in a box, wrapped a towel over her and changed it every day, gave her food and water every hour or so to make sure that she was very comfortable. Another detail is that her poop smelled very bad.
I'm thinking that since we spotted Terrie earlier and were giving her extra care that's why she didn't have this "seizure" that Flopsy did as soon. I hope I'm making some sort of sense, this all has been stressing me out and my brain is a bit more foggy than usual. I'll attach some photos and videos of how Terrie is acting and I do have one of Flopsy but it's just her in a box so it's not that helpful. I'm really hoping that it's not Mareks because they have been with the rest of my flock for a bit now. No other chickens have been displaying the symptoms that Terrie and Flopsy are having though so that's making me think that it could be a vitamin deficiency. I would really appreciate some help with finding what's making them so sick and hopefully help them out. I've been doing a lot of research over the past week but I figured that I should just make my own thread since every situation is unique. Thanks all for your time.
I'm thinking that since we spotted Terrie earlier and were giving her extra care that's why she didn't have this "seizure" that Flopsy did as soon. I hope I'm making some sort of sense, this all has been stressing me out and my brain is a bit more foggy than usual. I'll attach some photos and videos of how Terrie is acting and I do have one of Flopsy but it's just her in a box so it's not that helpful. I'm really hoping that it's not Mareks because they have been with the rest of my flock for a bit now. No other chickens have been displaying the symptoms that Terrie and Flopsy are having though so that's making me think that it could be a vitamin deficiency. I would really appreciate some help with finding what's making them so sick and hopefully help them out. I've been doing a lot of research over the past week but I figured that I should just make my own thread since every situation is unique. Thanks all for your time.
