Possible Mareks?

Abunney

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Hello all I have a chick that’s roughly 3 months old. I came out to find her limping and not really moving around well. One leg seemed to be a little swollen but nothing crazy.
She had some spots on her feet that I thought may have a case of bumble foot. I soaked her feet and put some neosporin on them and wrapped them.
Today I came out and it looked like she was doing the splits. So I took bandages off and feet looked ok. But now she isn’t putting any weight on her feet. Sometimes she looks like she is sitting on her butt. She is able to quazie get up on her feet but not without her wings flailing and out. Otherwise she just sits there.

I gave her a bit of sugar water to see if that perks her up. Am I going about this wrong. Do you think it’s Marek’s?
 

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We have her on Nutrena Naturewise chick starter/grower feed. Then she free ranges a few times a week plus we put home grown fodder in her run once a week or so.
What's her diet? Vitamin deficiency often looks like mareks.
 
Are the other hens keeping her from eating?
Now that you say that I bet that could be it. The older hens do not get along with the younger ones. We try and separate them at least once a day for a few hours so they can be by themselves. But maybe that hasn’t been enough.

What kind of vitamins should I try giving her?
 

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